
GrimSurfer
Senior Audioholic
I suspect that had a lot to do with sound and sources of that era.Music from the 70' 80' to late 80,s had just about no bass at all. Lots of mid bass but no really low end bass.
Subs weren't as widespread back then. Towers were, but the consumer level drivers and amps weren't configured to go into the low bass range. Besides, it (bass notes or groove configuration) would only make the needle skip on vinyl.
So recording engineers probably saw little value in capturing low bass. It wouldn't be used by the lathe cutting the master record and wouldn't be heard by the listener.
Things are much better today, despite recording engineers and listeners having the means to grossly over boost bass.
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