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All about sub-bass

Background on deeper bass, sub-bass and the technology behind it. No sales talk, just what is missing from your music and why.

Loudspeaker cone pulled far outward by a 10 hertz tone, with the waveform of that extreme low frequency beside it
At 10 hertz the cone is stretched far out. That is the sub-bass filtered out of most recordings, and what the Mini SubHarmonics puts back.
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dbx 120A alternative: what to use now the subharmonic synthesizer is gone

The dbx 120A is out of production and sold out everywhere. What it did, why people still look for it, and what takes its place today.

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02

Digital bass restoration: putting back the low end mastering removed

What a bass restoration processor does, why it is not the same as a bass booster, and why it works as well in a car as in a living room.

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03

What are subharmonics, and why you do not hear them as pitch

A subharmonic is a tone below the fundamental, one octave down. Why you feel it before you hear it, and how a device creates one.

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04

Why your bass shaker comes alive with films and stays quiet with music

A bass shaker needs low frequency content to work with. Films give it that, music often does not. What to do about it without turning anything up.

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