Hi--

"Neuman - Ruether" wrote in message
news<3c6d09e4.18075071@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>...
> [snip
> When
> the range includes the subsonic, things get
> interesting...;-)

What? You mean a herd of elephants shows up at your door -?

rmacdonald@appliedreasoning.com


Well, yes.....! ;-)
Actually, there are several effects that improve the sense
of "realism" - phase-response improves a lot in the bass,
improving "transients" noticeably throughout the bass range
(if you think about it a little, and the relatively long
time periods associated with each cycle in the low bass,
the time difference introduced with phase shift can be
considerable); adding to the low bass fills out the range
of the "air", making the sound less "thin"-sounding even when
there is no bass; low bass is just plain impressive - once
you experience it in recordings, they sound rather incomplete
without it. As for the "interesting" parts the gear required
can be rather large; the effects on the structure and windows
(and things on shelves) of listening to low bass cause one to
shim/fix/place things so they won't rattle...;-)