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Been Playing today with an 18″ on an OB as a Woofer Assistant to a wideband driver. Basically playing with the speaker level crossover values and driven by its own amp whos level I can set independently.

It makes bass, oh, definite bass. Drums and Bass guitar sounding very fast and I can make a nice integration with the wideband driver.

However, it’s not tactile bass. It doesnt shake my guts, nor punch me in the stomach. I cant feel it. It’s very different than the bass the reflex port sub made, when I was using that for extension assistance previously. When I go to an adjacent room, the bass is gone. This wasnt the case with the “normal” sub – that transmitted bass through the whole house.

Although pleasant to listen to and certainly far better than just the wideband driver alone, it feels like a compromise to not have the “tactile” component.

How can this be? Is it making some kind of different pressure wave? That only my ears hear, but none of the other senses / organs pick up?

Depending on your situation, this could be a tolerable compromise. Especially if you like to listen to music and there’s other people about. Like above / below in an apartment building. Or my wife who cant tolerate the tactile bass, but with this setup I can listen in one room with her in another and no problemo! No more asking me to turn it down / lower the bass!

I’m sure there’s many who would dislike OB bass because of this missing part. What fun is that? You want it to knock you off your feet, right? Just wondering what’s going on. Thanks!