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Bass management -- "Large" vs "Small"
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<blockquote data-quote="Vaughan" data-source="post: 33389" data-attributes="member: 693"><p>Thanks for posting. Assuming that we want to hear all the LF information recorded in the film I have a few concerns with your example. Stand mounted speakers typically don't have very deep bass extension below 50 Hz. </p><p></p><p>If a film has deep bass information recorded down to 20 Hz or below in the main channels and the speaker is incapable of providing deep bass (or deep enough bass) at sufficient levels then that information will be lost (information that otherwise would have been sent to a capable subwoofer to be reproduced). The other issue is mechanical damage/failure due to driver non-linearities from excessive excursions. Keeping in mind that there are a whole host of movies out there with tremendous deep bass recorded in the main channels alone.</p><p></p><p>It is not difficult to damage speakers when feeding them very low frequencies (at levels even below reference level) that they were not designed to play. In my mind the question is then which is more efficient at reproducing deep bass, the speaker or the subwoofer ? Hands down the subwoofer, every time. It can play louder, lower and with less distortion. </p><p></p><p>Regards,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vaughan, post: 33389, member: 693"] Thanks for posting. Assuming that we want to hear all the LF information recorded in the film I have a few concerns with your example. Stand mounted speakers typically don't have very deep bass extension below 50 Hz. If a film has deep bass information recorded down to 20 Hz or below in the main channels and the speaker is incapable of providing deep bass (or deep enough bass) at sufficient levels then that information will be lost (information that otherwise would have been sent to a capable subwoofer to be reproduced). The other issue is mechanical damage/failure due to driver non-linearities from excessive excursions. Keeping in mind that there are a whole host of movies out there with tremendous deep bass recorded in the main channels alone. It is not difficult to damage speakers when feeding them very low frequencies (at levels even below reference level) that they were not designed to play. In my mind the question is then which is more efficient at reproducing deep bass, the speaker or the subwoofer ? Hands down the subwoofer, every time. It can play louder, lower and with less distortion. Regards, [/QUOTE]
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