# Got bass?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 22, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567 "2004-01-22T03:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567/1 "2004-01-22T03:41:40Z")

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Some of my buddies just gave me a belated graduation present. A 250 watt, 12" high end subwoofer. My 5.1 setup is finally complete. The first dvd I threw in to take her for a test drive was Dark City… every beat thudded through the whole room, and not even a hint of distortion, it was silky smooth.

Ahhhhh hifi heaven…

Its a good thing I’m friendly with my neighbors! 😃🆒

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**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567/2 "2004-01-22T04:02:58Z")

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OOOO, I hate you!

I mean that in the most congratulatory way possible.

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**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567/3 "2004-01-22T09:14:13Z")

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I have bass. Not _quite_ as much as you, admittedly. Just finished lugging a stupidly heavy 500W 5.1 sound system home from Melbourne (including several unpleasant tram trips). The sub is 188W I think… something like that. Very sweet. And I’m about to move into a new place. I’m sure the neighbors will love it.

So yes, I agree - subs rule. Congratulations on the acquisition.

~ Isaac

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567/4 "2004-01-22T13:08:44Z")

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I have some fat woofers on my front L & R speakers so no need for sub, but perhaps one day if I’m on the ground floor I’ll pick one up. My system stays at 5.0, and that’s the way uh huh uh huh I like it. 😃

p.s. Saving Private Ryan is a good system “calibrator” 😛

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bass/225567/5 "2004-01-22T13:28:54Z")

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Ah, I know exactly where you’re coming from. I picked up a sub last fall. Now my system is sitting happily at, uh, 4.1. It’s not quite as much sub as you’ve now got, but it’s more than enough to forcibly extract your teeth when playing the DTS track from LOTR:FOTR. 🙂