I looked with many of my vinyls for hints. It was not easy nor conclusive but I didn’t find a lot below 50Hz for kick drums in rock and a bit lower in jazz.
Then I did some reading and it became obvious that there is a lot of sound processing going on (console equalization and miking manipulation) both for live and studio sound.
I asked some people and they told me that tuning of kick drum is done in a way that the sound fits in with the rest pieces of the drum set.
Only for consistency and convenience they tune it by ear to the pitch of E1 (low tuning 41. 2Hz) or A1(middle-low tuning 55Hz) of the four string bass.
George
Bass is usually cut well above 40hz on LP for playing time reasons if no other. Tuning bass or drums may or may not be tuned to E1 etc. But when they are and not cut by the mastering and pressing needs for LP, you do want to hear it that way... even if it isnt the majority. Now many (most) recording today are - even LP - with digital ADC etc. The bass is there on the masters and if used to make CD's will have the deeper bass intact.
There is a lot of talk about averages.... this is the wrong forum for that. The every day exceptions which rule my day. That bell curve -- the rest of us below the line.... even the 10%'ers at the bottom. High-End ought to get it right for all. And, leave the producers ideas/musicians to themselves.
I know this is about phono/LP here..... but many High-End systems can play both CD and LP. So, the recorded and playback needs of both in preamp/power amp/speaker design might include the abilities of both?
THx-RNMarsh
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