Ah. Maybe. maybe not.
I have used 15” revel subs, Velodyne Digital Drive, JL Audio Fathom, HSU, SVS, Outlaw, REL, etc. All good subs, some ported, some sealed, etc.
My feeling is that the real experience was different. All unreliable audio memory, of course, but the more I think about the concert, the two memories that have lingered with me the most were the Stradivarius and the percussion. The Stradivarius more likely due to the artist than the instrument but the percussion is still what I think about.
It wasn’t unusually deep or loud, but the physicality of it was different. Room correction addresses nodes. Movie LFE bass is more impactful but as I think about it, it must be some mix of all sorts of room reflections affecting the audible percussion experience but the chest-impact representing more of the on-axis wavefront.
I imagine that in my home, with stereo subs, the air is impacting me from the top, sides, ceiling and maybe even off the rear wall such that I get bass but I am pushed in multiple directions that cancel out. In the symphony, it’s all coming from the front. Maybe the seats even play a difference.
Imagine a your home with 100 dBz bass hit from stereo subs.
So you have 97 dBz coming to you at a 30 degree angle.
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With stereo subs does any of the physicality pushing me to the right get canceled out by the force pushing me to the left and while ears get the full audible experience, my body gets lower front to back pressure than symphony experience? In the concert hall, I am so far away from any wall as well.