80-150Hz gives life into into music. Bass is more than the lowest notes.
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Found this on Qobuz and will give it a blast. Are you using the original or the remaster?
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Agreed great story, I love bass and like most here spent a small fortune hunting bass through the Naim range.
I’ll listen to a few on those suggestions, cheers.
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Hi Mike
Kate Bush, Hounds of Love (1985).
For our own listening, using a ripped copy of a CD, playing from SSD server. So a 44.1 khz / 16 bit version, likely bought late 1980’s.
Yes, I now see Quboz is showing the 2018 remastered version, which is 44.1 khz / 24 bit. Thanks for drawing attention to this option, might listen to that.
Mike, FWIW, we have three copies of this album in our house : (1) original vinyl copy, c.1985 ; (2) original CD version, likely late 1980’s ; (3) the later remastered version on vinyl, from 2018.
Happy listening
R
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Which version is bassiest?
Do you mean which of the three album version we have, is that your question?
(Maybe four, if you add in the Quboz remastered version which is available to us).
If so, that’s a challenging question to answer, without a discussion about formats and different systems too, ( in our house).
Please can I refer you to a recent post, which provides some insight to what I mean here…
Two systems, both do different things
Best wishes
R
The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs - Implosion - lots of nutty sub bass
Critical Havocs - Infrasonic Death - Warning goes down to 3hz
This particular remaster deserves ‘A crime against humanity’ award compared to the original ime.
G
Oh, okay.
Haven’t yet listened, so please do expand and explain further ???
BW
R
Do the comparison. You may disagree, but it sounded horribly brick-walled to me.
G
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It is. Which of the recordings provides the most visceral bass and, if it is relevant, in which of your systems?
A website called Audiophile Style runs an occasional series of articles called The Best Version Of. They did a very detailed article on Hounds of Love a few years ago, including how different versions look on spectral analysis so you can see which ones are bassiest (and trebleyist, most compressed etc).
Well worth a google - it was the article that finally cleared up for me exactly which versions I had and why some of them sounded so similar.
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Must look into that. Thanks for sharing
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A few different rephrasings of a Google search led me to these (quotes):
Starboy – The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
[Explicit lyrics]
This 2016 hit features modern sub-bass production that tests the limits of playback systems. The synthesized bass drops to 30 Hz during choruses.
Also:
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
The electronic bass drops and sustained low notes create apocalyptic atmosphere. Sub-bass content extends down to 28 Hz during the chorus.
Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
The EDM-pop crossover features massive sub-bass drops reaching 25 Hz. The synthesized bass creates physical impact during drops.
For comparison, Billie Jean apparently has 65 Hz.
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Sure, thanks for clarifying …
I guess I might go back to the original post ( OP) back at the top of this thread.
Exploring so much music right now, (with our system two) and there is so much control of notes to enjoy…
So, the answer might be
(1) the digital version ( ripped CD) played from SSD server, locally, to Naim streamer.
(2) into our “new to us” system - ND5 XS → nDAC+555PS DR → 282+SCDR → PMC 23i as Active, etc. We are just enjoying a lot of music at the moment and also aspects of this system presentation, which really does dig deep and allows bass notes to articulate accurately, etc.
It is about form and texture, as much as anything else.
Hope that helps.
Although, haven’t yet heard the Quboz remastered version, which will do soon.
If nothing else, @GraemeH has “peeked” some curiosity.
BW
R
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Maybe Charlie Haden. The Private Collection.
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Sting - My Songs Version Album was re-recorded with a lot of bass on the tracks.
Also, Seal - Crazy and Killer tracks are pretty bass heavy.
