My issue is that it is not acceptable to be rolled off almost completely below 30-40 hz. As a mixing / mastering engineer, I want to hear the complete full frequency. We are less sensitive to what's below 50 hz than above it, as the Fletcher Munson curve indicates. The long considered ideal Harman Curve Tyll refers to is the inverse of that, and it has rising bass response, the farther you go lower. I have worked with every genre, from acoustic to rock to EDM to Hip Hop. There are low tuned 808 kicks, for example on "Weekend" by Kelis about one minute into it (also again twice in the song) there is an "and the beat goes boom boom" part that starts with a higher 808 90% of cans and subs can reproduce. Then it goes to an 808 where its primary fundamental is 17 hz (I can hear down to about 5hz, actual tone, not just "feeling it" - I've tested for it). It has almost no harmonics above it. There are many smaller consumer subwoofers where you'll hear the starting "boop" of the "attack" then silence. You hear that on most open backs. On more bass-head cans you hear it loud and clear. We all hear differently. While I've reasons for that in my work, I also personally like feeling the headphones shake a bit when called upon. I respect if you are not that into bass down there and some cans will over do bass.
. I walked in to listen but ended up having a very nice conversation with a fellow headfi’r in the Meze room. Anotnio Meze was in the middle of an interview so we left the room to talk more. I totally forgot to go back ha. I feel like that conversation with that person was more important.
