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Originally Posted by Alexander the Grape
Wait...you say that I should get my ears checked if I can't hear the bass, and then say that you hate it when you can't hear the bass? If bass is so easy to hear you wouldn't need to turn up the bass all the time. Just saying... because I do the same thing, and its because with a flat EQ you usually can't hear the bass much at all.
I also mentioned before that you can hear the bass through good speakers/headphones, but usually not through bad ones, which lots of people use and don't seem to mind the missing bass. That was kinda my main point.
Also, depending on the genre, the bass can be mixed very differently. Or just if its a ****ty recording. I got new speakers for my ipod that are really nice, and I'm starting to notice the bass more in a lot of songs, but a lot of punk songs I can still barely discern the bass. On the other hand, even with pretty bad speakers I can hear the bass in ska songs. So I would say its probably just the music rather than my ears.
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Its harder to hear because somethines the tone of a bass can get mixed up with very distorted guitar. Thats why you can't hear punk rock bassists worth a damn, because the guitars are loud and the bass isn't. And the reason they keep the bass volume low is because it hides their poor bass playing. You see, sloppy guitar playing dosen't necessarily hurt a song but sloppy bass playing always does. Thats why I don't like quiet bass players, they're pussies.
Its not like you can't enjoy a song without being able to hear bass. But being able to hear the bass justs provides a much different expieriece. Its not really complete when all you hear is the guitars and drums.