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Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system.

If you feel you have inadequate bass output from your audio system -

1) How do you confirm/quantify your suspicion aka what you think you hear as a problem?

2) How do you go about diagnosing the source of the problem, and how best to fix it?

Assume a CD source, DAC, preamp, power amplifier and floor-standing speakers.

 

Thanks,

 

Amit

amitb

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carlsbad
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Excellent question which I think most don't understand.  

So do you want accurate bass or the exaggerated bass that is so often provided in cheap sound systems, car audio, etc.  

Most high end (accurate) systems will be judged to have inferior bass compared to a lot of consumer systems.

Jerry

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@amitb I don't have the answer.  I guess it is subjective and if you prefer more base, you should tweek your system to get it.

I sometimes play songs with good bass tracks and see what I think of them.  Red Shoes by Chris Rea or Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics.  

Jerry

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