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BASS EXTENSION [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
CONT

If the speaker is flush mounted... the control room walls become an extension to the speaker baffle, offering a theoretical 3 dB or greater increase in bass. This position also prevents back radiation from being reflected after a time delay and causing severe colouration of the low frequency response by addition and cancellation with the direct radiated signal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Défaut de reproduction du son.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
DEF

... how low in frequency a loudspeaker or subwoofer can still operate to produce usable output.

OBS

A typical bookshelf-sized speaker may manage a bass extension of 80 hertz(... at-10dB), a good floorstanding speaker may manage 30 or 40 hertz, an inexpensive subwoofer 40 hertz, a middling one 25 to 30 hertz, an expensive one 16 hertz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
DEF

Mesure des fréquences les plus basses reproduites par un haut-parleur ou un caisson d'extrêmes graves fonctionnant avec une puissance de sortie acceptable.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Video Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

Floor-Standing 4-Way Speaker System.-Dual 12-inch/8-inch(30cm/20cm) cone woofers,-4-3/4-inch(12cm) cone midrange,-2-1/2-inch(6. 6cm) cone tweeter,...-Dynamic Bass Extension Port....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

Enceinte 4 voies pour pose au sol. - Deux haut-parleurs de graves de 12 et 8 pouces (30 et 20 cm), - Haut-parleur de médium de 4-3/4 pouces (12 cm), [...] Évent d'accentuation dynamique des graves [...]

Spanish

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