One Note Woofer?
 

I recently bought a Yamaha YST-SW40 active woofer. I
certainly adds to the bass range of my bookshelf system.
But, I might be imagining this,the bass notes seem to be
all the same frequency. Just boom boom boom - all the
same.

Can anybody recommend a track I can use to check it; that
has a bass line that uses different notes?

DAvy

One Note Woofer?
 

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:56:08 -0500, Davy
wrote:

I recently bought a Yamaha YST-SW40 active woofer. I
certainly adds to the bass range of my bookshelf system.
But, I might be imagining this,the bass notes seem to be
all the same frequency. Just boom boom boom - all the
same.

Can anybody recommend a track I can use to check it; that
has a bass line that uses different notes?

DAvy

Small subwoofers are pretty much inevitably one-note wonders -
suitable for home cinema, but not music. There is no substitute for
size, I'm afraid.

Your issues are probably equally to do with your room though. Walk
slowly along the room as you listen, and you will probably find that
different bass notes are stressed in different places.

d

One Note Woofer?
 

Davy wrote:

I recently bought a Yamaha YST-SW40 active woofer. I
certainly adds to the bass range of my bookshelf system.
But, I might be imagining this,the bass notes seem to be
all the same frequency. Just boom boom boom - all the
same.

Yes, many 'hi-fi' speakers do that.

Graham

One Note Woofer?
 

Why not use a test cd with some frequency sweeps on it?
I'm sure CPC used to do them.

Brian

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I recently bought a Yamaha YST-SW40 active woofer. I
certainly adds to the bass range of my bookshelf system.
But, I might be imagining this,the bass notes seem to be
all the same frequency. Just boom boom boom - all the
same.

Can anybody recommend a track I can use to check it; that
has a bass line that uses different notes?

DAvy

One Note Woofer?
 

Yes, and also the placement, say in a corner or similar with colour the
sound as well.
There is no answer in smaller rooms, to get the real low notes you will have
to move air outside the room, or the walls. You know what a car sounds like
with a bass unit in it, well...

Brian

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On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:56:08 -0500, Davy
wrote:

I recently bought a Yamaha YST-SW40 active woofer. I
certainly adds to the bass range of my bookshelf system.
But, I might be imagining this,the bass notes seem to be
all the same frequency. Just boom boom boom - all the
same.

Can anybody recommend a track I can use to check it; that
has a bass line that uses different notes?

DAvy

Small subwoofers are pretty much inevitably one-note wonders -
suitable for home cinema, but not music. There is no substitute for
size, I'm afraid.

Your issues are probably equally to do with your room though. Walk
slowly along the room as you listen, and you will probably find that
different bass notes are stressed in different places.

d

One Note Woofer?
 

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:41:14 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Why not use a test cd with some frequency sweeps on it?

You can also download test tones from the web to burn on to a CDR. Try
this one: http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm

Best used with a sound level meter or other measurement device.

Kal

One Note Woofer?
 

Davy wrote:
Can anybody recommend a track I can use to check it; that
has a bass line that uses different notes?


Try "bass speaker test" on spotify
spotify:track:2XS7cDcrDPPpPDAGv8xXvF

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One Note Woofer?
 

Kalman Rubinson wrote in
:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:41:14 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Why not use a test cd with some frequency sweeps on
it?

You can also download test tones from the web to burn
on to a CDR. Try
this one: http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm

Best used with a sound level meter or other
measurement device.

Kal



Kal,
thanks for the link. I downloaded the tones.
First thing I learned was how much the bass note volume
changes as I move around the room.
Second, what I had thought was a fault in my right
speaker turned out to be a rattle in the printer on the
desktop by the speaker! Only a long continuous tone
allowed me to track it down.
Thirdly my sub-woofer does, on first listen, play all
the tones.
So the problem may have more to do with the harmonics of
the room size than the sub-woofer. I need to
investigate further.
Davy

One Note Woofer?
 

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:31:53 -0500, Davy
wrote:

Kalman Rubinson wrote in
:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:41:14 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Why not use a test cd with some frequency sweeps on
it?

You can also download test tones from the web to burn
on to a CDR. Try
this one: http://www.realtraps.com/test-cd.htm

Best used with a sound level meter or other
measurement device.

Kal



Kal,
thanks for the link. I downloaded the tones.
First thing I learned was how much the bass note volume
changes as I move around the room.
Second, what I had thought was a fault in my right
speaker turned out to be a rattle in the printer on the
desktop by the speaker! Only a long continuous tone
allowed me to track it down.
Thirdly my sub-woofer does, on first listen, play all
the tones.
So the problem may have more to do with the harmonics of
the room size than the sub-woofer. I need to
investigate further.
Davy

Good. You will find more valuable information on that same website.
In addition to his commercial products, Ethan offers a lot of DIY
information.

Kal