Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass?


Today I compared a McIntosh 462 to a Moon audio 761 amp. Both sounded really good. I noticed the bass was tight on the Moon Audio 761 while it was not tight on the McIntosh 462. Both on Dynaudio towers (do not know the model but they go for about 14k).

It is hard for me to know which type of bass I would like better in the long run. The tight bass sounded awesome and the non tight bass sounded more fuller.  Curious, do most people prefer the tight bass or the non tight bass?

dman777

Showing 1 response by emergingsoul

The world changed 15 years ago when main speakers began reducing the size of bass drivers.

I think humanity is suffering because of this.

Now all the modern day components have to deal with this issue but they couldn’t so now everybody has to buy large subs to address this deficient issue main speakers now have with smaller bass drivers.

So people wanted main speakers that looked better in living rooms because they were thinner. But this didn’t work out too well did it because sound systems now have to use a pair of subs and that creates problems when it comes to floor real estate.

I like somewhere between tight and non-tight. All about comfortable listening and migrating away from precise monitor like speakers.