Bass at your ears? (Bass imaging)

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

Here in Seattle superbly clean bass is no longer an option. It is completely sterilized. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367

The bassline on that recording is a form of "wobble bass", which in and of itself does not explain the "claustrophobic" sensation. The size of the acoustic space is conveyed by the reverberation. A small space is conveyed by rapid onset and rapid decay of the reverberation.

If you’ve ever watched a scene where someone is in a box or buried alive and you can hear/feel how claustrophobic the tiny space is, it’s because that spatial information is on the recording.

Kudos to Magico for their speakers reproducing this effect spookily well, but they are not necessarily unique in their ability to do so.

Duke

Tried playing this song on the main system... I'll have to try it earlier in the day.  Sorry neighbors! Sounded like my house was trying to tear itself apart. 

jetter, thank you for the thoughtful post. My observation was terse, so apologies for offense as though I was disdaining budget audiophiles. 

I played the song referenced by OP. Strange song; at first I was thinking, "What bass?" When it finally showed up, the pulsating character was evident. Seems there is also manipulation of the frequency spectrum, the lower midrange downward is introduced, then removed along with the pulsing. Sounds very phasey.  

I like the way REL designed their high level connection.  They really act as an additional woofer and they are not detectable if you set them up right.  It is also important to play two instead of one for room balance and for staging.  All you want to do is to be able all that is there in a recording.  Nothing worse than boom boxes.  Like the guy I purchased my ARCAM from, he refers to them as trunk slammers.