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From: tlz@druxu.UUCP (ZrustTL)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Tighter bass and edgeless piaano
Message-ID: <1633@druxu.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 10:35:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: druxu.1633
Posted: Sat Sep 14 10:35:25 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 00:14:17 EDT
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I'm confused.  I am hearing things about
tightening the bass and taking the edge
off my piano.  What does it mean?
Lets say I start off with a stock CD player, say, the Magnavox 1040.
The spec says 20-20K +-3 db or so.
The phase linearity is +-0.5 degrees at 20Kz.
Is this what generates loose bass and edges?
I suppose tightening the bass improves 
The sound quality without disturbing the
original "near perfect" specs?  Or does
it just sound better?  If it "just sounds better",
because the frequency response is altered,
why not use bass and treble controls
(or an equalizer) to do this?  I guess
a few subsonic (<20 Hz) components can be spared
by fooling with coupling caps but does
this mess up the rest of the low end?
I need convincing that messing around with
a nearly flat response curve makes any sense.
 
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