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Bass at your ears? (Bass imaging)

This song 'James Blake - Limit to your love' has this weird bass that kicks in at about 1:00 into it. Now I have heard this song on a few speakers and it sounded great but when I heard it on the magico m2 I could literally hear the bass right at my ears as if I was wearing heapdhones. It was such a strange sensation. Is this indicative of the m2s incredible imaging capability or is this something else? This was in an irregularly shaped room with a big hallway to one side and hardly any treatment.
smodtactical
douglas_schroeder
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perhaps the first time you have heard a room pressurized?

Also, superbly clean bass is qualitatively much different to the ears than even good bass. 

Finally, when using very powerful bass drivers, the centering of the system has a large effect on how the bass is received at the ears. Any one of these things could be the cause of what you experienced. 
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b_limo
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I’d imagine it was all 3.  But like was previously stated, the Magico’s were pressurizing the room, locking on to it.  Where are the swarm owners?  Interesting to see if they are hearing it...
smodtactical OP
982 posts
 
I just tried to turn the gain up on my dual PSA v1800s. I definitely feel the bass on my body more... but I still don't quite get that sensation almost like something is vibrating right next to my ears. Too bad I can't borrow some m2s and stick them into my room, lol.
I heard the S7 in that dealers room but didn't hear that same song. Would been interesting if the effect was there on the s7.
geof3
1,129 posts
 
Cool song... there are some definite subsonics mixed into that. Interesting. I call tunes like that “speaker killers”. A woofer workout for sure. The Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack has a lot of that. 
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gosta
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There are more songs on that album with interesting sound effects. Actually modern music often gives "HiFi" speakers lots of problems. It's not always "crap recordings" as we tend to say when it doesn't sound so good.
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