Music in the 40-80 Hz range


I've been low-passing at 40 Hz with a 24 dB/octave slope to a pair of Velodyne HGS-10s, because the 3 dB down point for the KEF Ref 1s is claimed to be 45 Hz.  Yesterday I inserted a passive fully balanced 80 Hz high-pass filter to shunt frequencies below 80 Hz to the subs and raised the low-pass to 80 Hz, both 24 dB/octave.  But I wonder if it might be preferable to have the 45-80 Hz range reproduced by the speakers rather than the subs.  How much music is in this range?

Advice sought.
dbphd

Showing 1 response by d2girls

I have plenty of reference tracks I use for bass. Key here is the mastering... the bass sound be strong and impactful and you need a mix of songs to demo bass.
Yeezy - Put on = there are very strong fundementals in this track, one at 34hz, and another at 28 hz. The bass should rumble in your tummy if the speaker or subwoofer is doing its job.
Keb Mo - I don't know - great example of masterfully mastered guitar bass. This will kick you if your system is setup right. very strong bass from mid 30s to 100hz.

I wanted to give a quick mention to Lenny Kravits American Woman, and a few parts in Dire Straits Private Investigations. both have kickdrums that should smack you right in the face.
Nils Lofgren bass and drum intro. Very good texture on this recording so if your system can resolve well this song should sound very good.
Grace Jones - Hurricane Dub this is a pretty good one to stress at high SPL.
And last but not least you need to play Chemcial Brothers under the influence to test any respectable systems bass performance.