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I have been wondering that for a while now. It seems to me that over time, the bass in music has been turned up to the point where it is possibly over emphasized in a lot of music.

When I was a young lad, I don't remember any "kick-in-the-chest" bass. Well, maybe just a little in the local Disco . Thats where I think all this whump whump stuff got started.

It also seems that a LOT of people really like this punch.

When you were a young lad, you listened to bass through Realistic speakers...which had no bass .

Advents.

I was thinking of those big mother industrial jobs they use for concerts. They could certainly have put out more whump.

You were a rich, young lad .

Hah! Nope, just always had good taste. Had a nice Dual turntable to go with them too. Working in Tobaco country did pay well in those days though.

I really would love to see the response of that sub, for 2 reasons. First of course is to see if there is a peak somewhere that is causing the punch, and second, to see if it can be replicated using the BFD.

Does anyone here have that Sony sub plotted?

I've tried to replicate the 'thump' with the SMS-1 with limited results. After flattening the FR as much as I could, I dialed in varying degrees of gain in the 60 - 80hz area. Better, but no cigar.



So where's your sub Jakewash?

Maybe the thump is coming from above 60 to 80Hz. Have you tried increasing the gain at higher frequencies? Or maybe the 600's limiter is kicking in.

Sroo,

I don't think anyone else on this board has this sub. A reminder that I modded this sub by shellacking the inside surface of the driver and stuffing it loosely with poly.

Here is a link to it. Perhaps someone can find a response plot for it. If and when I get some time, I'll do a plot.

http://www0.epinions.com/Sony_SA_WM40_626383/display_~reviews

Nope, I didn't try the 80-100hz area. However, I have had a car sub setup with an amp that had a parametric EQ (JL Audio), and I found that I got the most pleasing results by bumping the 60-80hz area.

Linear it wasn't, but gawd it sounded good!


Good point about the limiter possibly kicking in. I wouldn't know how to tell if it was. I wasn't testing at very loud levels, but I don't know under exactly what conditions the limiter does its job and to what extent.