Sterling HH verses Bongo HH

[BigStrings]

May have already been covered but I didn't see it. Just wondering if the Sterling HH is comparable to the Bongo HH as far as tone and bottom end. Is the Sterling 18 volt as well?

 

[TSanders]

I havent played the HH Sterling, but have played an HH SR5 and owned an HH Bongo.

I still say they are very different animals, neither better than the other, but, each with a different flavor than the other.

If its big round cushy bottom end youre looking for the Bongo delivers. The Sterling will have killer bottom end, but I do bleeb the Bongo will have more booty.

As far as I know all of the dual pup rays and sterlings will be 9 volt.

 

[Figjam]

Just from instinct id say that the Sterling most likely will be a little more hi fi sounding.

 

[strummer]

Just from instinct id say that the Sterling most likely will be a little more hi fi sounding.

How would you describe a bass that is "hi fi" sounding? I have never understood that. In audio equipment, sure, but basses?

 

[Figjam]

TO me its really modern.. more trebely? Idk its just a feeling i get rather than descirbing it well.

 

[strummer]

TO me its really modern.. more trebely? Idk its just a feeling i get rather than descirbing it well.

Ok.

 

[bassmonkeee]

TO me its really modern.. more trebely? Idk its just a feeling i get rather than descirbing it well.

I just bought a new computer yesterday, and it STILL doesn't have "feeling" compatibility.

 

[Figjam]

Thats unfortunate

 

[ricplayer]

I understand Figjam explanation of "hi fi" sound. Same as describing a cabinet with a tweeter as opposed to one without. That extra "brightness" I would describe as "hi fi" or more "modern" also.

 

[Golem]

How would you describe a bass that is "hi fi" sounding? I have never understood that. In audio equipment, sure, but basses?

That "hi-fi" term gets kicked around. Seems to mean a degree of brilliance is 'dialed in' to the default [flat] tone. Yeah I agree it makes no sense if "hi-fi" means "high level of fidelity to an input source" [which is what 'hi-fi' is supposed to mean].

So, I guess if there's even a mustard seed of truth to some of the bass-player-jokes in circulation, "hi-fi" in bass circles seems to mean "sounds sorta like a home hi-fi system, sorta, I guess, ---hey don't ask me -- I'm just the bass player".

Try that meaning for "hi-fi" and posts displaying the term will sorta make sense, sorta, I guess, ---hey don't ask me -- I'm just the bass player .......... I didn't want to go around b*tching about the misuse of the term, like I was The English Professor or whatever. But since you brought it up, that's my take on it.

 

[Figjam]

And im just a monkey who knows nothing about home systems ...who is also just the bass player

 

[Bill]

My idea of hi-fi is my 15-year-old stereo being run through computer speakers.

 

[ricplayer]

My idea of hi-fi is my 15-year-old stereo being run through computer speakers.

Oh my!! That's a nightmare...LOL.... Then again, I have a superb 5.1 system hooked up to my computer system that rivals some of my older high dollar stereo systems....amazing how far playback/musical gear has come.

 

[adouglas]

To me "hi fi" the way it's used by bassists means "clarity" and "presence," and perhaps "definition." It's not just treble...if you crank in a lot of treble all you get is teeth-grating edge. A trebly bass can still lack clarity and presence.

A pbass with flats on it is not hi fi. It's thick and wooly.

Hitting a bass note on a piano has a lot of clarity to it. You can hear detail. You can hear distinct overtones.

A bass note with clarity and presence is clearly distinguishable in the mix, but without the "wall o' sound" thing going on. You know how some mixes are really effin' loud and you know darned well the bass is in there somewhere, but you just can't quite pick it out clearly? That's NOT hi-fi to my ears.

That's what it means to me...but that's just me. I really don't know what the generally accepted meaning is.

Whatever...it's all subjective nonsense anyway.

 

[ricplayer]

hi-fi ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hf)
n. Informal pl. hi-·fis
High fidelity.
An electronic system for reproducing high-fidelity sound from radio or recordings.

 

[Golem]

And im just a monkey who knows nothing about home systems ...who is also just the bass player

It's really not about electronics, just words:
Semper Fidelis [US Marines]
Infidelitity [divorce court, breech of marital fidelity]
Fido [faithful dog]
High Fidelity [very faithful to the original]
Etc [etc]

So, if fidelity is faithfulness and high fidelity is even greater faithfulness, then "hi-fi" is being applied in a meaningless way when it describes some degree of tone coloration, like extra brilliance, brightness, modern-ness, etc, which leads to replies asking what is meant by that term.

 

[Figjam]

..teheheh *giggles*
look how much discussion has erupted from my choice of vocabulary.
Hopefully i didnt derail the thread from the topic at hand.

 

[Golem]

..teheheh *giggles*
look how much discussion has erupted from my choice of vocabulary.
Hopefully i didnt derail the thread from the topic at hand.

Good point. We must be *faithful* to the topic

 

[ricplayer]

It's really not about electronics, just words:
Semper Fidelis [US Marines]
Infidelitity [divorce court, breech of marital fidelity]
Fido [faithful dog]
High Fidelity [very faithful to the original]
Etc [etc]

So, if fidelity is faithfulness and high fidelity is even greater faithfulness, then "hi-fi" is being applied in a meaningless way when it describes some degree of tone coloration, like extra brilliance, brightness, modern-ness, etc, which leads to replies asking what is meant by that term.

Disagree. Most people that I know or for that matter, on this board and others, have an idea what the term means. It is/was used as a generalization and the newer more "Modern" cabinets have the ability to reproduce signals to a "higher fidelity" sound with the addition of a horn, which allows "High Fidelity [very faithful to the original]", by your own definition, to be obtained.

 

[Oldtoe]

If you listen to Michael Manrings "Book of Fire" album, that's "hi-fi" to me. Think Zon and Modulus.