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 [...]
Today’s music and movies can contain a lot of bass. Some large, floorstanding speakers can accurately reproduce the bass found on most music. However, for movies there is a separate channel of sound just for bass, call the Low Frequency Effects channel, or LFE for short. Although the LFE can be directed to the system’s [...]