max graff wrote:
Explain this - what's a mere cable got to do with adding extra bass?
As far as I know a cable is a cable with no processing happening
within it.

Bass is addictive. Hear a bit of it, and your brain sometimes wants a
bit more next time (unless tending a headache) to re-establish what you
thought was the baseline a few seconds ago.

Play the following track(*) loud, and set it so the the glass ornaments
in the fancy cabinet (substitute local equivalent) just about shake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ciiCyxOJA

Stop, then play it a few minutes later. Note the ornaments still shake,
but the bass doesn't seem as intense as when you first played it.

* - Patti Smith - IMO best cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

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Adrian C