If I want chest kick from a sub, I cross it around 125 Hz (if it still sounds good). I guess the fun starts from 110 dB and upwards at the listening position. I also guess more typical sub vibrations, felt by the belly and random objects, benefit from a boost around 60 Hz. For a full body and room massage, strong output centered at or below 30 - 40 Hz.
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Back in the day (early 70's) when Drum Machines were new and exciting, obviously all analog, a very passable imitation of chest thumping Bass drum was achieved by gating a 90 Hz sinewave.
90 Hz! 😲
Try it yourself and let your jaw drop in disbelief
It actually used a 90 Hz tuned oscillator set just below oscillation, which when triggered created a short length oversampled oscillation, it imitated sound decay after s bass drum "skin" is hit hard with a Drum pedal.
Greybeards around will remember that sound.
A 30-40 Hz tuned oscillator would sound "unnatural".
A friend of mine realized with Fane Sovereign 15 inch full ranges a retro built in his BMW i3, 80ies style integration into the car.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/15-inch-fullrange-in-car-audio.399784/post-7363391
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/15-inch-fullrange-in-car-audio.399784/post-7363391
CLEAN infinite baffle install!
I had 2 Pyle 15's in an IB installation with 4 Blaupunkt 8's on the rear deck back in 1989 in a 1981 Honda Civic Sedan.
I had 2 Pyle 15's in an IB installation with 4 Blaupunkt 8's on the rear deck back in 1989 in a 1981 Honda Civic Sedan.
I agree with 5th Element and JM Fahey.
True subwoofers do not do chest kicks, they'll try and scramble your intestines. At a guess I'd say the chest kicking frequency band is about 90-120Hz.
True subwoofers do not do chest kicks, they'll try and scramble your intestines. At a guess I'd say the chest kicking frequency band is about 90-120Hz.