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I always thought that's why most systems have a single subwoofer. What's the album with the hard panned bass? I'd love to hear it (or know why they chose to do

• daydream 17y ago
  Electroputas "3" is the record I was thinking of. There's basically no high end on it. It was so noticeable that I actually emailed the label about it, thinking I got a bad press or something, but to their credit they admitted that the bass panning made it impossible to master the vinyl cleanly. (Electroputas are a really good band, by the way. Not sure if they're still around.) Stories like this abound. The more bass you want on a record, the wider the grooves need to be, which gives you less time per side; the more playing time you want on each side, the narrower the grooves need to be, and you don't get as much dynamic range, loudness, or frequency bandwidth. Another example: there's some Yo La Tengo record, I forget the name (it's been a while), but it's a one sided 12". The running time on that one side was extreme for a rock record - something like 28 minutes or so - and as a result, it sounds terrible.