Originally Posted by
Mr. Widget
The "loose, flabby, boomy" bass I've heard live is usually coming from stacks of 18" woofers being driven by killowatts of SS power... rarely from live acoustic music. I admit it is rare to hear a live show that isn't amplified, but when listening to a friend at the piano or playing a cello, I'd never call that loose, flabby or boomy. On the contrary, it is the speed and dynamics that I hear that I find so compelling and so impossible for any speaker to accurately reproduce.
Widget