This thread is inspired by the driver stopped outside my office right now, who is audibly of the opinion that you can't. I am in the back of the building and my keyboard is vibrating from it. So do you think it's possible to have too mich bass?
Too much bass is annoying and distracting. I wouldn't put too much of it; just enough for my ears and sorrounding. Have you seen those people will a lot of bass in their cars?
Too much bass is annoying and distracting. I wouldn't put too much of it; just enough for my ears and sorrounding. Have you seen those people will a lot of bass in their cars?
No, but I have certainly heard them! Can they really hear the music they are playing, or would they be happy just playing thump-thump-thump-thump through the speakers?
Wayne Parham Messages: 18789 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Balance
Too much or too little of anything is a bad thing.
We want the volume level of each frequency to be the same as all others, given the same drive level. In other words, if a bass note is recorded at the same level as a treble note, we want playback levels to be the same too. Not higher, not lower.
The one's who play bass loud enough to where they can't hear anything else must have enough money for new systems more often than the leverage listener.
Wayne is right, systems were made for balance, and when you don;t give a system that it will wear out a lot quicker.
I find anyone who forces everyone else to listen to their loud systems like that totally irritating. I love loud music but I wouldn't subject unsuspecting people to it that way.
I know what you mean, Vernon. Music feels good when we are in the mood for it, there is nothing more annoying that having to listen to that loud bass when you're at work or trying to focus on something.
I have come to understand that personal taste comes in the way of sound and what may sound 'too much' to someone, might just be what someone else is comfortable with.
Nonetheless, it is helpful to be aware of your surrounding. I always keep my 'noise' levels at the bare minimum.
The key to great bass is and has always been equalization with the other components of the sound. If bass is too loud, it is distracting. If it is too soft, you can't really hear it at all. You have to find some middle ground to have a really good bass sound in conjunction with your overall sound. Just one old ladies opinion.
gstarey66 Messages: 12 Registered: January 2014 Location: Engineer
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Just a side comment.
Have you ever noticed that many bass lovers seem to tend not to care how clean it is as long as it is way loud.
Have heard systems that couldn't even tell what type of drum was being used, just boom, boom, boom. Guess they are in it for the body feel, not the music.
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