bass reproduction below audible level??

JDT · #1 04-15-2006, 05:18 PM

My headphones are falling apart, so I'm looking for some new ones. And while musing around on the sennheiser site I came across http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser...nsf/root/05341.

Here's the catch. It says: 'Bass reproduction below the human audibility threshold (15Hz)'. And now they've got me wondering what the point is. I mean, if they put that on an amp I would just
assume that there are soundlevels that can not be heard but can be 'felt'. What's the point of having that on headphones? Does it somehow contribute to the overall sound?

lemur821 · #2 04-15-2006, 07:47 PM

Probably their design just happens to go that low, so they decided to brag about it.

Aaron Saunders · #3 04-15-2006, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lemur821

Probably their design just happens to go that low, so they decided to brag about it.

+1 It's just bragging rights, dude. "Our headphones go really low!" "Yeah, well OUR headphones go so low you can't even HEAR it!"

Minger · #4 04-15-2006, 08:28 PM

I'm waiting for the headphones that say they go up to 40 khz, and then watch you running down the street with you listining to it, with every single dog in the neighbood chasing you