Yea ladies and gentlemen, actually what does boomy means??

Many people think the opposite of boomy bass is tight bass? I think this is not correct?

Many people also think boomy bass is like putting a sub in an empty room with high echo. Excessive bass around 125 Hz. Room resonance? I think this is the correct meaning?

very tired drummer ....

boomy bass = tum tum tum tum tum
tight bass = tun tun tun tun tun

I have set my own definition of boomy bass after I have heard of Bose headphones in Machines.

I would say, the difference between 'tum' and 'tun' could be rather the difference of impact, the speed (fast/slow) of the headphones.

Boomy bass that I encountered, is a strong bass vibration on my head going like "uuunng" without much details remaining to interpret the tone or even nature of the instrument. If that is a live band playing on stage, they definitely have ruined their balance of the instruments. Nevertheless, Bose called the resonating excursive bass as their proprietary technology, Triport.

My definition is that boomy bass type equipment tends to overemphasize their mid low, and spreads to the mids. It is like having a hump in the frequency due to the lack of control of the drivers. Normally the mid will be muffled and details will ne lost. As what it defines, boomy = boom. The bass will have the booommm sound as oppose to tum deep bass sound. Imagine you drum hitting is boom boom type as oppose to tum tum sound it sounded very unrealistic thus audiophile won't have to have this kind of inaccurate bass.
Still many terms to write on bass but I am on mobile hard to type.

Mr. Boom Boom Boom will definitely like boomy bass!

good one sifu. boomy bass usually disturbs seperation of mid thus keeping soundstaging filled, for some bassheads this might be a plus.

boomy bass is just no good. u start to loose detail and it doesnt make sense listening anymore.

ever seen(heard) a proton wira with aeroplane type spoiler, neon lights below the car, windows down blasting techno... going boom boom boom?

that's boomy

it might sound or look cool from outside but seriously u're not listening to music. u're just listening to the lower half of the frequency range.

boomy bass is a low frequency signal artificially injected into a sound passage to make the listener feel dull, side effects include distress, vomiting and sleep deprivation, the subject is advised to consult a doctor if he also experience rashes and swelling ....

Interesting topic, for me boomy means exaggerated or distorted bass.
Tight bass means the more accurate reproduction of the bass Period.

got to argue abit, "reproduction" is the same definition as virtual upmix/downmix, so it will never be accurate.

for example, some band have its drummer play low tones beat with boomy effect
or bass guitarist plays using wahwah to produce bouncing bass,

if both sound returned as tight and clean, it will never be accurate.

hehe that's why I put "more" accurate. It's never 100% accurate.
Just add on, most PC speaker is boomy. Because they tend to give more ummp when playing games.
The same rules apply to PC headphone, PC Soundcard, many targeted gamer so all are boomy.



This post has been edited by ssyycc: Dec 14 2010, 03:08 PM

boomy bass effects tends to cloud the detail in midrange, usually happens around upper bass or mid bass. when the bass is boomy it will make the midrange area sounds veil and less detail..

if you think you haven't heard the thing i explain above i think it's safer to say you don't have to worry about boomy bass at the moment..

This post has been edited by i_djoel2000: Dec 14 2010, 03:07 PM

i'd say boomy bass are overwhelming bass notes that tends to 'hum' and clouds the midrange. higher bass notes, i'll classify it as muddy bass instead.

and agree to ssyycc, most PC speakers are boomy since they're targeted for gamers. even some non-boomy speakers become boomy when placed in certain rooms.

imo, boomy bass is when the subwoofer suspension gets loose... then it couldn't catch up with the music

while tight bass is when the subwoofer got just enough tight suspension.

being too tight may cause boomy bass as it gets easier to produce annoying mid-bass frequency if the crossover doesn't work efficiently.

but those are just how I interpret tight or boomy bass

+1

is this called boomy bass ?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3sZdTW3mA

the 125hz is very uuuuunggg
which is the problem i am having now.

IMO boomy bass is high amplitude, low frequency around 100Hz or below and with longer time fade out.

THX certified speakers mostly have boomy bass, that bass is a coloration or enhancement to movie sound effects.

boomy bass is the neighbour you want to secretly murder every night past 12 am.