Room acoustics have a profound impact on live music as well. Having played music quite a bit in my younger years, the majority of our sound check time was spent fine tuning the low frequencies (bass and drums) and this was the same when recording as we preferred open instead of direct to the mixing board or isolated sound. I never had the opportunity to accompany a pipe organ though. Tight bass in a Hi-fi system to me means lack of exaggerated overhang along with natural sounding definition/detail (including harmonics). There is more music than one would think down there if it is allowed to come through clearly. I recently upgraded the power cords on my DAC and player with the BMI Whales and am receiving a lot more of this information than I was previously. I do not use full range speakers (Reynaud Twins) but am amazed at what I was missing before in the area that the speakers do cover.
Tight Bass
I'm tired of hearing this term as it does not exist outside of the audiophiles world. Where does this term come from? Bass is not tight. It is loose, warm, enveloping, harmonically rich. What I hear from solid state amps and ported speakers is an extended low frequency without the definition and body that tubes and a good sealed box or transmission line speaker serves up. I equate tight bass with consticted bass and perhaps that is a question of semantics as I feel the bass should be full and round but not out of control, perhaps if those that use the term "tight bass" are actually trying to describe what I would term a "rich/ripe bass". I would like to hear some discussion on "tight bass", "rich/ripe bass" same or different terminology.