FritzS
1000+ Head-Fier
In the bass range, it was realised several years ago that certain harmonics give the listener the impression of a powerful low bass without the fundamental being transmitted at a sufficient level. The human hearing system (human brain) calculates this fundamental wave itself.We discussed that some time ago, but to me the subbass presentation of a dynamic driver is in most cases preferable to planar bass. Only exception for me are Dan Clark’s planar drivers, all others are not to my taste.
And chasing extra low distortion in very low bass doesn’t help much since the ear isn’t that sensitive to distortion there anyway. Plus I think that most music is mastered with dynamic drivers as a reference, taking that distortion into account.
This effect was even created artificially in the early years of hi-fi.
PS: I hope my translation is clearly understandable.