I listen to rock to and I do agree with how the recording sound but keep in mind the nature of rock music does emphasize much in midrange frequency where our hearing our more sensitive. Keep that in mind.
What's up with lousy bass on classic rock recordings?
Few examples: ACDC Back In Black, Van Halen 1, Boston (1), WHO's Next, Def Leopard Pyromania.
The low end is almost non-existent. Digital and vinyl.
It's not my system, I listen to a lot of jazz, other classics like Janis Ian Breaking Silence - bass is rich, full, has slam when appropriate.
Compression? Or were the low frequencies never there? Pretty disappointing.
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Did some quick testing using Running with the Devil:
D45 was a bit better, both with and without 80Hz sub-pass on, adding gain and volume to subs (separately). Still just OK and Baba O’Reilly.
Vinyl was a bit better bass-wise, filter/gain adjustments as above, still just OK. Live at Leads (Qobuz) - similar. My conclusions...
EDIT: other examples why I don't think it's my system - MOFI recordings of Truth, Dire Straits (debut) and DSOTM - all awesome. |
@highend64 this was my original assumption but others vehemently disagreed |
@lowrider57 Looks like you have a nice system - I don't disagree with you - in hind-sight "lousy" bass was a poor choice of words. What's missing is deep, lush bass that I've come to really enjoy that is present in many other rock recordings (and other genres of course). |
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