Keith Hyde
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2003
- Messages
- 106
I agree here but am holding out in some respects. I have no doubt I'll cool off with my 2+ after a while, but there are some things that'll never change - my love of the sub and how the bass presence "takes you there."
Now say with a jazz CD or the likes of Johnny Cash with the softer basses, I do right to tune it down. With old funk vinyl and such, I do right to turn it up (since they predominantly seem weak on the bass end in that era - recording wise - I'm sure there was plenty seeing them live). With electronica, I usually back off since they run the bass signal usually pretty hot on those albums. Watched "Open Range" last night - the shotgun blasts, thunderstorms - I was glad I was running a little hot because for the first time in HT I dang near thought "Now that's what a real shotgun blast sounds like" and had to repeat the scene (ordering whiskey in the bar) - and I'm an old hunter raised in the Midwest who knows shotguns and storms very well. I strive for the "live effect", which to me is predominantly, though not always, a little bass heavy. Do you ever go to a live jam that is too light on bass? Hardly. I don't anyway, so I don't feel running a little bass heavy in my living room to be much of a departure from a live sound.
When I get bored and lazier, I'll be less bass-active and will probably settle down in to a milder good-for-all setting I don't have to fuss with ever, but for now I love the level-tweaking. A Parametric EQ is on the horizon though.
To each.
