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Okay, there's always a lot of discussion on the bass management capabilities of every DVD-A and SACD player. But I'm trying to understand how much of a real problem this is.
I know that full range signals can be mixed into any of the channels and that most HT audio systems employ limited range speakers, at least in the surround channels. But wouldn't nearly all audio/recording engineers know this? How much deep bass is likely to be mixed into the center and/or surround channels?
If one has top quality, full range front L&R speakers, then isn't it likely that any deep bass that isn't directed into the LFE .1 channel is going to go to the fronts? And if so, wouldn't this largely negate concerns about bass management?
I can understand the concern if one has small satellite speakers all around. Or if some short-sighted recording engineering directed sub-40Hz material into the surround channels. But even if they did, like say the deep bass picked up from a orchestra from the mics used for the surround channels, as long as that bass was also going into the fronts, it shouldn't make much of a difference.
So if one had a good HT audio system with fronts that go down to 30, a center to 45-50, and surrounds to 50-60 - as found in many HT systems - is bass management all that essential using real world recordings?
Tom B.
I know that full range signals can be mixed into any of the channels and that most HT audio systems employ limited range speakers, at least in the surround channels. But wouldn't nearly all audio/recording engineers know this? How much deep bass is likely to be mixed into the center and/or surround channels?
If one has top quality, full range front L&R speakers, then isn't it likely that any deep bass that isn't directed into the LFE .1 channel is going to go to the fronts? And if so, wouldn't this largely negate concerns about bass management?
I can understand the concern if one has small satellite speakers all around. Or if some short-sighted recording engineering directed sub-40Hz material into the surround channels. But even if they did, like say the deep bass picked up from a orchestra from the mics used for the surround channels, as long as that bass was also going into the fronts, it shouldn't make much of a difference.
So if one had a good HT audio system with fronts that go down to 30, a center to 45-50, and surrounds to 50-60 - as found in many HT systems - is bass management all that essential using real world recordings?
Tom B.