Bass may be BAD but it sure feels GOOD!

• Some great facts about bass
• My Bass setup
  
  
• Tactile Transducers:
  • The Tactile Transducer FAQ
  • Tactile Transducer comparison report
  • Collection of my usenet postings on transducers
  • Clark Transducer detailed/updated information
  
  
• Subwoofers:
  • Widescreen Review's subwoofer comparison table (data from the 4 part series)
  • search/study: high displacement drivers in sealed boxes (calcs & plots)
  
  
• Electronic Bass Augmentation Devices
• my page of HT (home theatre) tips
• some of my favorite bass tracks/clips
• Some great postings from the God of Bass (Tom Danley)
• other bass links

On-line CGI tools:

• Piston Excursion calculator (input #,diameter,Hz,dB = Xmax output)
• Sealed Box subwoofer simulation (temporarily defunct)
• Room Mode / Standing Wave calculator (temporarily defunct)

• old stacked vs separated vs un-EQ'd subwoofer data (note the peak at 49Hz is due to room modes)
• old plot of my two 12" equalized subwoofers (new data needed, another EQ, 48Hz hump is gone)
  
  
• RBH transducer plots 10/17/97
• RBH transducer plots 10/21/97
• RBH transducer plots 10/22/97
• RBH transducer plots 10/28/97
• comparison of RBH transducers vs. two stacked 12" subs

• Radio Shack SPL meter at listening position (room size = ~2080 cu ft.)
  • 4 RBH transducers in couch + 160W + equalized = 88dB C pink noise
  • 2 sealed 12" Boston Acoustics subs + 100W + equalized = 112dB C pink noise
  • 2 sealed 12" Boston Acoustics subs + 600W + equalized = ? I'm afraid to find out
  • 32 Aura Bass Shakers + 1.7kW = my vision goes blurry and I can't read the SPL meter!

• "Loudspeaker Design Cookbook", Vance Dickson
• "Master Handbook of Acoustics", Alton Everest
  
  
• Loudspeakers AES anthology volume 1 and 2
  • Read the original T/S papers in volume 1.
  • Lots of interesting topics, but volume 2 is not as interesting as volume 1.
  • Pre-requisite of several years of calculus and physics recommended.
  • Available from Old Colony Sound $30.
  
  
  
• I'm still looking for that collegiate level Acoustics book. It appears like Beranek's "Acoustics" is still out of print and I haven't been able to find a copy of Kinsler's "Fundamentals of Acoustics". Both of which I've heard are highly recommended.