Since I'm not interested in have 140dB of bass in my home lets say SQ system. Clean and defined sub bass yet strong enough to cleanly vibrate through your body.
Bass sensation like a loud car system in home?
I know this is a bit of a silly question but bear with me here:
What options are there for getting that feeling of a powerful subwoofer vibrating through your body in your home? I know the easiest option would be to just put a capable subwoofer next to your seating and let it hit as hard as it can. I'm also not trying to make all of my neighbors hate me so I'm looking for some creative solutions to pulling it off at reasonable residential volumes.
I'm thinking that some combination of tactile transducers in the couch and a subwoofer next to or also installed inside of the couch would get pretty close. Being right under your body I wonder what kind of decibels would actually be required to get a bass massage going. Without the sensation of the high volume bass it also might just seem silly and be a complete waste of time aside from watching movies.
Thoughts?
What options are there for getting that feeling of a powerful subwoofer vibrating through your body in your home? I know the easiest option would be to just put a capable subwoofer next to your seating and let it hit as hard as it can. I'm also not trying to make all of my neighbors hate me so I'm looking for some creative solutions to pulling it off at reasonable residential volumes.
I'm thinking that some combination of tactile transducers in the couch and a subwoofer next to or also installed inside of the couch would get pretty close. Being right under your body I wonder what kind of decibels would actually be required to get a bass massage going. Without the sensation of the high volume bass it also might just seem silly and be a complete waste of time aside from watching movies.
Thoughts?
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Ok, silent bass. Checkout this video.I think this looks like a pretty good solution |
https://youtu.be/QhnEjzJGByM If you guys aren’t aware of how silly some people get with car systems here’s a taste |
All of what you are saying about requirements for large rooms is why I thought it made the most sense to just have a sub right next to the main listening position. FWIW the main genres I listen to are hip hop and EDM which are mostly sine wave based bottom end genres. Just would like to feel the bass in my body without rattling things all over my house. I’ve had the pleasure of chasing down rattles in a couple of cars and really have no desire to open floors and walls to add dampening material anytime soon. |
Why would you ever want that? When I think of car audio, I think of the ghetto blasters that are played so loud that the sound of the plastic car body sounding like it’s gonna vibrate clear off the car frame is louder than the music itself. If you've ever actually spent time in a car with a proper system and adequate dampening materials installed you hear no rattles or buzzing inside. It's similar to having a massage chair when it's bumping loudly. But you're right about "ghetto blasters" being what I'm referring too. I have a high end high powered sub sitting in my garage that I thought I could use for this. You guys who don't listen to the type of music that is built around slamming bass will never comprehend why anyone would want this. It'd be stupid to build that style of system to listen to symphonies and jazz. You don't need a bass volume knob for that type of listening :P |
the last thing I want is bass that is disproportional to the way it was recordedThe type of music that you want this bass for is produced, mixed and mastered with slamming bass setups in the studios. Purpose built studios have the benefit of being able to float all of the floors to decrease carryover but you still can feel the bass through most of the building while a session is really pumping. Obviously this is the absolute wrong forum to even have asked this question on. Lets let it die now. |
The question was simply whether having a powerful sub right next to your seating position will provide a similar effect to sitting in a powerful “ghetto blaster” car systems drivers seat at a more sensible volume then as loud as is comfortable. This is for electronic and hip hop genres that are designed to be played back on systems with slamming subs. Great info about subs has been shared but its mostly not relevant to the question. |