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In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: LF Texture vs. Power vs. TimingPosted by Paul S on: 12/4/2025
As you note, discussions of hi-fi "ambience" beg for "air quotes". It has been ironic (and typical of hi-fi) for me that "SET bass" foregoes both power and extention as it does "a good job" with the texture of the LF that it does do. Is it "enough"? You tell me. As for "real, large venue bass", who actually sits there listening to hi-fi thinking they have "re-created" this in their home? Not I. Too small a space and not enough power pretty much sums it up for me, and I have yet to hear a "work-around" for this that does not cost Music I actually want to listen to. YMMV is a given, of course, part and parcel of personal audio.
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