I read an article once that described why it is so hard to replicate sounds with speakers. They used the striker hitting a large bell as an example. Listen to the strike in person. Hear the sound resonating in the bell. The bell has a note, but then there are the hundreds if not thousands of other notes not as dominant that are created along with the primary note. Harmonics. A speaker has issues with all of the other notes that are created. Not only speakers, but amps, microphones and source equipment. That is also what is missing with bad bass. You can hear the primary note, but you are missing so much more. The more you can improve your system and room to catch the harmonics of the pluck, the better off you are. A lot of things can mask and smear those harmonics and it takes time to identify and eliminate those causes. That’s why people have trouble with bass.
Why do so many people have problems with bass?
I mean such obsession with bass. Does not your systems play bass? Is it the quality of the bass?
Maybe my system does a really good job and I don't perceive any problems, or maybe I don't know I have a problem.
What is so challenging for systems to produce quality bass?
Is it that they don't hear enough thud?? What hertz range we talking about? It's a pretty wide range.