Drum sound? Drum kits have no extreme bass.
The 32 ft organ pipe in the Saint-Saens does, and you need rather special
speakers and a large room to hear it properly.
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.
Kettle Drums, a substantially different animal than regular drums, but
no extreme bass, agreed.
"Rather special" also agreed. And sufficient power in addition. Room
size is the most flexible variable after a certain minimum threshold is
met. I did fine in a 16 x 29 x 9.5 foot room and speakers that included
four (4) 12" woofers. Not as good, but fairly-OK in a room that was 16
feet square by 9.67 feet high (one of two present listening locations).
The amp in either case was driving at ~180 watts each channel (not
clipping, of course) for those few moments of the crescendo if the LED
meters are to be believed. Volume was 'adequate'. Normal conversation
was not possible in that room during that exercise. Nor was it in any
way objectionable. Clean sound.
It is this experience that leads me to be suspicious of fly-powered SET
amps and single-driver horn speakers.
Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA