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In the Thread: Perception of bass?
Post Subject: Musical (U)LF in the HomePosted by Paul S on: 2/9/2020
Robin, your explication already includes a great sense of where you are and what you are after, and this should save you a lot of time. I like Romy's ideas as time savers, as well. On the hardware front, given what you say you are looking for, I think it takes 15", or more likely 18", drivers to have the sort of "effortless" "LF" you are talking about. At this time there may be smaller drivers that can produce this sort of "bass", but I haven't heard them yet. I have heard multiple-15", pro-ish set-ups that are pretty good with most music. Also, it's weird how a (U)LF driver that's billed as "103 dB efficient" might require 500 watts to "loosen up", in terms of the sound it delivers. I certainly agree that is requires luck to get that sort of LF from a typical, left/right ,"full range" pair of speakers. If to do this, I think it would take 5-way speakers, and they would be very big, also multi-amped. I like my room well-charged by horns, so Wagner sounds like it's coming from Heaven (or Hell). And as we try to go deeper, the room becomes at least an equal consideration, even if it's only a "sense of the room", since our listening rooms are (obviously) smaller than concert halls or cathedrals.
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