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Did you ever buy too much bass?

I talk a lot about bass and integration of subwoofers in a system and I realized that I need to hear more about the experiences auidphiles have when they go buy speakers and put them in a room.  Did you look at specs?  Did you audition in the home?  Did you end up with too little or too much bass compared to what you were expecting??

erik_squires
tomcarr
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Too much bass? Absolutely.

Every new car I've purchased in the past 15 years or so with "premium" sound systems (Land Rover, Lincoln, BMW, Volvo, Nissan, Toyota, VW) has had horrible, boomy bass. The H/K stereo in our current X5 seems to have less of that problem, thankfully.

Oh, you meant home stereo?

Nope, no bass issues with any of our three systems thanks to careful speaker placement and bass-friendly rooms.

erik_squires OP
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@tomcarr 

My best experiences have been with "middle-of-the-road" sound systems.  The Bose in the Audi and JBL in my current Toyota are probably the least offensive sound systems I've heard in premium cars.  The B&O option in the Audi hurt my ears.

sounds_real_audio
1,013 posts
 

There can never be too much bass. Simply a bad listening room. 

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m-db
983 posts
 

Are you running your source full range through the anthem room correction?

tomcarr
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@erik_squires 

Yes! Unbelievable how a car can be so good in driving experiences and yet be so bad when listening to music.

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