Just curious how many of you with JBL systems, even monitors, run your systems without any eq on the low end.
I have always designed my cabs with flat tuning...example: The 4430 tunes the 2235H in 5 cu ft to 34 hz. My tuning for the same driver in the past was 28 hz.
My systems for both live and at home, are very flat down through the mid bass...which makes most CD's sound lean and, well, needing a slight hump in the 80-125hz region. Especially my live rig, but now I find, unless speakers are in a fairly small room that enhances this region, the bass needs some warmth and thump added.
Seems everyone I know, that is audiophile or not, enhances the low end, or uses a "Kosmos" or "BBE" type unit, etc....and generally, they sound great. Which leads me to wonder...
1. Are most studios small enough to enhance those frequencies, so they are left lean on most commercial recordings?
2. Are most monitor systems, like JBL, using a low end hump, so they sound good, but the final product, the music, is lacking?
My old 4301B's sound great in a fairly small room...but they have a bass peak around 60-80hz, and the room further enhances it.
My Dynaudio/2245H sub system is flat below 200 hz, and mostly sounds lean without a couple db of boost below 160hz...but it is in a fairly large L shaped space.
Are you all running things flat, or making up for all those recordings with an added bass EQ....or higher Q on your woofer tuning?
I have always hated loudness contours, but the low end contour on my modified 565 Adcom preamp sounds great on most of my CD's. It only adds a couple db at moderate levels in the midbass region. Should I have "non purist guilt" for using it on bright material?
Who else boosts their low end a bit, and if not, what is your woofer Q, and room response below 200hz?
If your system is ruler flat...are you happy?
Thanks.