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Does Shelved Bass Help With 3D Effect?

3D is a house of cards. For me it entailed speaker position, FFRC cables (I'm on a crazy budget) and Bugle Boy tubes in my linestage. Up until then I had nothing even close to 3D, but suddenly with those three things organised I've got amazing holography. My question is this: Once you have all your ducks in a row, how much of holography is down to the shelved bass that happens with tubes? Solid state always seems to put the bass (wonderfully) in your face. I realise that solid state can do holography too, just wondering if shelved bass is the reason tubes have a reputation for 3D?
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rrog
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I have never heard of shelved bass. What is it?

"I think the bass sounds more natural with tubed components,more like live music."

Sometimes and to a point, but if you want it all it takes expensive solid state with the right speaker.
mechans
2,999 posts
 
I took it quite literally . As in to say as long as the speaker was positioned where it was the tubes and everything else came into play. Who knows we will have to wait.
jjrenman
279 posts
 
I too do not fully understand what shelved bass is but since I have heard systems that have a large 3D soundstage with and without great bass, IMO, the two are not related.
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