Aurthur
New Head-Fier
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The way I understand it (mind you, I'm not an acoustician or anyone in the science of such things, so take this as second hand knowledge), is that what we are actually hearing is primarily the overtone series (higher frequency complimentary sounds that virtually all sounds have), and/or the movement of the cone itself at extremely low frequencies. For example, if you play a 10Hz or 15Hz tone, it doesn't sound so much like music as it does a rapidly repeating tick or pop. Further, since we feel bass more than we hear it as human beings, what we are sometimes hearing is the resonance of our own body in reaction to the sound wave, which in turn, gives the sound wave an extra 10-12 feet to work with when piped in directly on the head.
That's the best answer I can give. That question has plagued me a bit as well, and these are the best answers I've found.
That's the best answer I can give. That question has plagued me a bit as well, and these are the best answers I've found.