deep bass w/animals in the house

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,018
edited May 2004 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Has anyone had probs with deep/well amped subs and their pets? I know their hearing is more sensitive than ours ? we are thinking of a new sub..thanks for the choices out there itll be either SVS or HSU...we also live in a garden home..so I don't want killer bass but I want more than the psw202..as well as nothing that will harm our lil pooch !!
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited May 2004
    The pooch is more apt to object to the high end frequencies ... Ours sometimes objects to how bass moves objects in the room and I'm sure it's somewhat unsettling given that he doesn't realize that it's only HT, not the house falling in on itself but it's the top end that makes his ears twitchy.
    Rick
    HT+ Sunfire TG IV, Dual CG Sig II's, CinePro 1K2, Oppo 981, Audio Technica PL120, Polk SRT's & F/X1000's, Samsung 71" DLP
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2004
    I think most domestic animals are more sensitive to higher pitched sounds. Heck, if I want to call my friend's dog I have to use a higher pitched voice. My cat has responded just fine to lots of loud bass. He hates the surround sound though. Kinda freaks him out. :D I'm no vet, but I think you should be fine.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,018
    edited May 2004
    it's pretty much what I thought I just wanted to see how other animals have/not reacted
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,490
    edited May 2004
    I think it depends on the animal. If someone has a dog that is unusually frightened by thunder storms, I'd suggest being careful with a really deep subwoofer and some DVD sound effects. Dogs can sense the low frequency portion of the sound of thunder (I think the term is infrasonic) long before people can, and will run to find a "safe" place. It's instinctive for dogs to do this. Keep the bass in the range of human hearing and there should be no problem with most animals. Surround sound seems to bother some dogs more than bass because they hear everything but can't seem to tell where sounds are coming from sometimes. I don't know about cats--never had one.
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  • wlrandall
    wlrandall Posts: 440
    edited May 2004
    Our dog, birds and fish seem to care less. The dog (a beagle) has occasionally jumped at the higher sounds, like gunshots, but only at levels that I shouldn't be listening.
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited May 2004
    If my little Border Terrier didn't bolt out of the room when I had my SVS cranked, something would either be wrong with him, or my SVS..........and both are doing just fine, thank you. ;)
    Mains: polkaudio RTi70's (bi-wired)
    Center: polkaudio CSi40 (bi-wired)
    Surrounds: polkaudio FXi30's
    Rear Center: polkaudio CSi30
    Sub: SVS 20-39 PC+
    Receiver: ONKYO TX-SR600
    Display: JVC HD-56G786
    DVD Player: SONY DVP-CX985V
    DVD Player: OPPO DV-981HD 1080p High Definition Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI
    Remote: Logitech Harmony H688
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  • wrxmy02
    wrxmy02 Posts: 92
    edited May 2004
    3 cats in company of a SVS. Kinda cool ...when they hear classical
    or new age music they come into listen to it. Seems they relax the same way as I do.
    Movies with alot of boom they tend to leave.
    Front: LSI7
    Center: LSIC
    Surrounds: LSI7
    SVS PB2-ISD SUB [MONOLITH!]
    ATI 1805 Amp
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