Bass rumbles on certain speakers... EQ??

[kinetik]

Hello,
I am writing some acid-techno type music that has some very low, droning bass. The bass sounds fine on a real nice stereo that can handle it, but on cheaper units, car stereos, boomboxes, it rumbles & is too harsh.

I'm using Soundforge for 'mastering,' and I'm wondering if I should either use a soft limiter in the dynamics, 'remove rumble below 80Hz,' or something else? I obviously don't want to lose the 'power' or 'umf' of the bass, but obviously I can't have it crackling or distorting on certain speakers.... HELP!!!!

Thanks

Rimas

[nattn]

I would think that if you switch out your monitors for some cheapo speakers that replicate the problem you are having you can then find a happy medium btwn your studio & the real life. If I'm not mistaken, in pro mastering sessions, engineers use a variety of speakers from pro monitors to car speakers to get the best sound for da masses.

You may want to repost your ? in the mixing/mastering forum. There are a lot of experienced members that can give you better advice.