29Hz: The Low on Why I Like Bass and Car Audio

The Low on Why I like Bass & Car Audio

Written by: T-Rod

So this blog is not going to be filled with rage and broken eggs; I sense you are already mad about that. This will be about just as what the title says, BASS!!!!

I love bass, not the fish, the low frequency sound waves that are between 20 and 90Hz. I love how it just shakes everything around it and when really low notes hit, you can feel your insides be filled with bass.

I was never really into car audio and bass until my friend bought a 99 Passat and had 2 8inch subs powered by a 1500w amp in it. Those subs hit so hard. He still has that system in his Integra now. Anyways, that got me into car audio; what REALLY got me into it was my other friend’s system. He used to have 2 12s in his Nissan 200SX; I think that is what he had sub-wise. He currently has 3 12s in a massive ported box; don’t remember what they are powered by. I rode in his car about a month ago and my ears were almost blown out. Soo much bass, the jimmies of anyone within 50 feet were instantly rustled. So much bass he has; he broke his spoiler, drivers’ side door and a couple of roof braces. This system has REALLY gotten me into car audio.

I can not listen to a song without bass. I have the bass turned on in my car for the speakers; because I must have some bass, even speaker bass. The 6x9 speakers I have in the rear put out a good bit of bass for speakers rated at 60Hz on the low end. My not being able to listen to songs without bass is the reason I started listening to Dubstep. This type of music has epic bass. It has lots of lows, heavy drops and even some good mids and highs. Some of the Dubstep I am surprised has not blown my rear speakers. They are good speakers for re-producing bass, but the treble and sound quality they have are not all that good. But there ability to put out good bass overwhelms these other things.

I hope to get a system here soon; like in the next month. I want more bass. That and I have never bought anything for the car that it didn’t need. I bought speakers because the factory ones blew, therefore it needed them. I bought a head unit because the factory was dying; again the car needed it. A sub and amp will be something I WANT for it. I already have a system picked out, just waiting for B-day money (which I will be getting in the next week or so), so I can by it. It will not be an expensive system, my friend with the 2 8s is a $500 system and my other friend, well I do not know how much his cost, but I am guessing $1000+. My system will be $176 before a sub box. It will be about $200 with a box included. The system I have picked out is a Powerbass S-124DX 12 inch subwoofer, a Boss NX1600.2, 1600w 2 channel amp, and the sub will be in a sealed box. Eventually, maybe around Christmas, I will get another sub and then have 2. But for now, one will be enough. Also the title of this article, 29Hz, is the low end of the sub I am getting. It can reproduce bass as low as 29Hz, which is pretty low.

In the future I would like to really get into car audio; hopefully in the next year or two. I have been thinking of how I want to do it. I have thought of keeping Cam Cam when I get a Mustang and use Cam Cam as a audio project car, or keeping Cam Cam and getting an older Tahoe or Exploder (Ford Explorer for those who don’t get that), and using those as audio project vehicles. I can only dream now, but hopefully I am able to get into car audio the way I want to soon. I’d like to maybe run 4 12s in a ported box in some sort of vehicle. I will most likely, depending on my setup, enter it in audio shows and such. That is another thing I’d like to start doing is go to audio shows. I just never know when they are. So that is why I like bass and car audio people; with a little future plans blurb. I hope this rustled your jimmies just as lots of bass would.