In Reply to: Re: Perception of Maggie Bass response part II posted by kevin on June 3, 2000 at 11:14:54:
Hate, as a scientist, to move away from the data-based discussion here, but:As a listener to music, I have been playing with Maggie bass lately. The addition of a REL sub has given me an opportunity to play with the musical side of Maggie bass. I know what a tympani sounds like and it sounds most like an un-aided Maggie. When I add the sub, I get added harmonics that sound very pleasant but unrealistic. Now, I am not talking about "boom". I am using very modest volumes with the REL set at 20-26Hz. The bass produced by a cone woofer includes more harmonics than that of a planar mylar film. Simple.
So my answer to bass from rock music is to add a subwoofer to reproduce the cone harmonics you like in rock music. If you listen to classical, make sure the sub is set to a very low crossover so you don't interfere with the relatively light amount of sub harmonics of tympani and bass viols.
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