Clapton foot stomps

[toenail]

So I see I'm NOT the only one who has experienced this. Is your sub flat to 21hz in-room or anechoic? Mine's anechoic (for HT use) which would explain the exaggeration of those frequencies to an extent. Friends think it's "neat". I'm a little more interested in accuracy.

[SimontY]

hehe, I don't know where 21hz came from! I just looked at the model again, and it's -3db at 20hz bang on, anechoic. In-room it seems quite flat, but my room has just changed so I don't know.

It's an Adire Tempest in a 250litre or so ported box, no eq. Works well for music and home cinema, and much better with LFE channel rather than hi-level, for the films.

Low bass is kinda cool...


-Simon

[toenail]

I just love low bass when it's called for and sounds natural/accurate. Most papers I've seen suggest that anchoically flat subwoofers gain considerably at the bottom end when placed in a normal listening environment (room gain). When I listen to some of the Clapton tracks from that disc there is no question that I'm getting this room gain. It's the equivalent of a boost stating at 40hz and ramping up to +8 or +10 db by 25hz.

With home theater the effect raises the hair on my neck, but on most musical passages the unnatural gain at the bottom end muddies up the midrange and booms in the bass region. Thats ok because I built it strictly for HT use.