Of course it is, but the concept can also be deceptive. Think about a kick drum, which can be extremely punchy, if you really stomp on the pedal. But with reproducing high quality audio, there’s a catch. A speaker designer can actually design a subwoofer to be “ringy” – essentially to resonate at a specific note. This sub would be effectively like a drum, and would have amazing punch at that one narrow frequency range, regardless of the music being played. This trick is sometimes used by car audio fanatics to get an absurd punching effect out of a subwoofer. But Boston’s Classic Series and Reflection Series subs are designed to be accurate, with a flat frequency response and precise dynamics. That way, when they are reproducing a kick drum, you get that drum 100%. An upright acoustic bass has its full range of tones, not just one-note-bass. And when a movie soundtrack has a person walking across a wooden floor, it doesn’t sound like Big Foot!
- Stephen Shenefield
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