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I've used earbuds, but don't like them. I mainly enjoy loud music. Metal, punk, electronic like VibeSquad and Bassnectar, and so on. With lots of bass and sub-b

I've used earbuds, but don't like them. I mainly enjoy loud music. Metal, punk, electronic like VibeSquad and Bassnectar, and so on. With lots of bass and sub-bass. So I can really feel it. I have a pair of ancient JBL L96s, driven by a clean 100W per channel amp. So with earbuds, I find that I'm always increasing the volume, seeking body-shaking bass that they'll never produce.

thatswrong0 7y ago
Love me some Bassnectar too.. a Subpac might help you out with that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- mirimir 7y ago
  Each L96 has an 8" bass reflex woofer. They're very efficient, and get very loud. Maybe too boomy for some, especially in small rooms. But I reduce room resonance with suitably placed cork and high-density foam absorbers. For ad hoc testing, I like to use an An-ten-nae mix that includes a slide down to maybe 20 Hz. I can totally drive a small frame house with that cut.
  - thatswrong0 7y ago
    I've never had a room big enough / isolated well enough to flex a proper soundsystem.. very jealous.
    - mirimir 7y ago
      My office is rather small -- ~3m x ~3m x 2.7m high. So I have the speakers overhead, with their backs ~10cm from the ceiling. So that drives the floor and ceiling more than the walls. And there's far better sound isolation between floors than between units. Still, I can't crank it as much as I could when I lived in a house.
spiralx 7y ago
My new earbuds have a clean and fast enough sub response that I can tell exactly when one track is being mixed into the next in a techno mix, just from the sub changing - but after years of using them, that is the first time I can say that! They also produce sub at lower volumes rather than just at max, which means I don't need the volume turned all the way up. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QKZ58XH https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QKZ58XH They're never going to have the same power as larger headphones, but the sound quality has massively improved over the last decade.

thatswrong0 7y ago

Love me some Bassnectar too.. a Subpac might help you out with that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

mirimir 7y ago
Each L96 has an 8" bass reflex woofer. They're very efficient, and get very loud. Maybe too boomy for some, especially in small rooms. But I reduce room resonance with suitably placed cork and high-density foam absorbers. For ad hoc testing, I like to use an An-ten-nae mix that includes a slide down to maybe 20 Hz. I can totally drive a small frame house with that cut.
- thatswrong0 7y ago
  I've never had a room big enough / isolated well enough to flex a proper soundsystem.. very jealous.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    My office is rather small -- ~3m x ~3m x 2.7m high. So I have the speakers overhead, with their backs ~10cm from the ceiling. So that drives the floor and ceiling more than the walls. And there's far better sound isolation between floors than between units. Still, I can't crank it as much as I could when I lived in a house.

spiralx 7y ago

My new earbuds have a clean and fast enough sub response that I can tell exactly when one track is being mixed into the next in a techno mix, just from the sub changing - but after years of using them, that is the first time I can say that! They also produce sub at lower volumes rather than just at max, which means I don't need the volume turned all the way up. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QKZ58XH https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QKZ58XH They're never going to have the same power as larger headphones, but the sound quality has massively improved over the last decade.