Bag End Subwoofer Brings Big Bass To The Movies

[The following is a release from Bag End Loudspeaker Systems]

June 8, 2008

Mi Casa Multimedia is the leader in mixing surround-sound audio for movies released on high-definition DVD for home theater viewing. Founded in 1997 by producer/engineer/synthesist Robert Margouleff and musician/engineer Brant Biles, its 3 studios are located in a 1920s-era house in the Hollywood Hills. There, Mi Casa produces audio for a full range of DVD projects from restoring original soundtracks for movies to providing remixed finished surround sound for such supplemental materials as deleted scenes, commentaries, documentaries, games and menus. Committed to high quality, Mi Casa has equipped each of its studios with Sony DMX R-100 consoles and a sophisticated recording, editing and restoration system that incorporates SADiE, Pro Tools and Sony technology. Recently, in its largest mixing suite, Studio A, Mi Casa began having power issues with its existing subwoofer. It was a large unit, but it wasn’t able to reproduce the quality low bass that Mi Casa needed. Biles, who had become familiar with Bag End Loudspeaker Systems, approached acoustics expert and consultant Bob Hodas about changing out the existing subwoofer for a Bag End powered double 18 sub woofer (PD18E-I) linked to an INFRA-MXB processor. “This worked well right from the installation,” he says. “It integrated well with the existing speakers, and best of all, it was able to reproduce a lower octave than the previous unit.” The PD18E-I offers perfectly flat response down to 8 Hertz when used with the Bag End INFRA-MXB 8 Hertz integrator, which was specifically designed for recording studios, mastering and other critical listening applications. The extension of the PD18E-I was superior to the previous speaker, and could handle the sound levels required by Mi Casa’s Biles. He was now able to very clearly hear and identify problems in the mixing process before they went out on the final DVDs. In addition, Mi Casa did not have a lot of space options available for another sub, and the compact (43 inches high by 22 inches wide by 18 inches deep) Bag End double 18 fit perfectly under the studio’s large viewing screen.

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