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Why is bass sometimes the loudest? (kbin.social)
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So you know when it's quiet and your neighbor is playing loud music, but you can only hear the bass? Why is it like that?

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[–] designatedhacker 3 points 2 years ago

Part of it is the amount of energy in low frequencies as loud as the corresponding high frequency. Subwoofers use more energy to move larger volumes of air and produce low frequencies. The low frequencies are also harder to absorb and travel better around corners.

There's also the fact that some people make the bass much louder than the rest of their system. It starts out sounding muddy as hell and gets worse.