I suspect you’re getting the bass delivered at two or three different times.
The floor still transfers the bass waves which are quite long, FASTER than the drivers do through the air. Wood or Stone are quit good sound transfer materials. Wood even more so for bass.
Your getting the bass from the mains, and the subs coupled to the floor. Then the bass from the actual drivers and reflection point via air.
You DECOUPLE the speakers, things will really start to make sense..
In stead of the whole floor being a huge bass driver all muddled up. Everything cleans up and for the first time LOWER distortion in the BASS region.. It can be really eye opening when you go from 20-30% distortion to 5%
The only waves from that point forward are air bound and reflection points. The decay rate speeds UP. The bass frequencies become much more coherent. The boom is gone the mud is gone.
I also suspect the rest of the house will quiet down a bit.. You’re not funneling the BASS through the wooden rafters and studs, they do a good job of moving harmonics through the house..
Speaker placement will probably change a little from the old, just a bit...Getting the depth and width of soundstage is going to be easier.
Get the piano out of your lap.:-)
Regards
The floor still transfers the bass waves which are quite long, FASTER than the drivers do through the air. Wood or Stone are quit good sound transfer materials. Wood even more so for bass.
Your getting the bass from the mains, and the subs coupled to the floor. Then the bass from the actual drivers and reflection point via air.
You DECOUPLE the speakers, things will really start to make sense..
In stead of the whole floor being a huge bass driver all muddled up. Everything cleans up and for the first time LOWER distortion in the BASS region.. It can be really eye opening when you go from 20-30% distortion to 5%
The only waves from that point forward are air bound and reflection points. The decay rate speeds UP. The bass frequencies become much more coherent. The boom is gone the mud is gone.
I also suspect the rest of the house will quiet down a bit.. You’re not funneling the BASS through the wooden rafters and studs, they do a good job of moving harmonics through the house..
Speaker placement will probably change a little from the old, just a bit...Getting the depth and width of soundstage is going to be easier.
Get the piano out of your lap.:-)
Regards