What's the point to have a sub able to go over 100db since most of us usually listen 90db or less.
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What's the point to have a sub able to go over 100db since most of us usually listen 90db or less.
I guess that would mainly be for be for movies. A track that sounds just beautiful with a sub for music is the last track on Patriot Games soundtrack.It is one of my favorites. The sub is subtle but really adds quite a bit to the music.
I tend to have movies with good sound turned up a bit. It seems to add more impact to the whole movie experience as a whole, visual + audio.Take a movie like Deji a vu for instance with all it's low bass throughout. It's just a whole lot better experience with it up a bit.
Cheers, Greg
What's the point to have a sub able to go over 100db since most of us usually listen 90db or less.
I guess that would mainly be for be for movies. A track that sounds just beautiful with a sub for music is the last track on Patriot Games soundtrack.It is one of my favorites. The sub is subtle but really adds quite a bit to the music.
I tend to have movies with good sound turned up a bit. It seems to add more impact to the whole movie experience as a whole, visual + audio.Take a movie like Deji a vu for instance with all it's low bass throughout. It's just a whole lot better experience with it up a bit.
Cheers, Greg
Good point!
Hooray!!!! Finally.....They key is to have a sub that is accurate.
It's about being able to play at reference levels, which for movies involves the audio spectrum, including low-frequencies, being able to hit 105dB SPL.
From, avtalk sub tests:...
what's the point of a sports car that goes 160 ??? accuracy is Dependant on reserve power. classical music often needs that kind of power.
Mine can only do 140 mph, I must need a new car.My car can do 160. I'm just saying.
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A subwoofer is so that you can feel the music, not just hear the music.
Interesting data points.
Of course, those are all taken outdoors to even the playing field.
But we all know that most subs, when placed in a small room (<2,500 cu ft) benefit from room gain to both extend their lower limit and overall SPL ability.
So a Depth that does not hit >100 in open air, could well deliver that result in a room. But since every room is different, hard to predict.
The most amazing metrics are not the SPL, but the harmonic distortion products. Wow, most of those subs are crap WRT that. This is why I have an Infinite Baffle Sub. Super Low Distortion AND high SPL ability. A good match to the ESL's.
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