When recording a video of someone downstairs playing loud bass, why can’t you hear it on your speakers, but only using headphones?

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When recording a video of someone downstairs playing loud bass, why can’t you hear it on your speakers, but only using headphones?

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This is highly dependent on the quality of recording and the playback speakers. Are these big PA speakers capable of producing low bass? Or are these dinky little portable speakers? Chances are the speakers are reproducing the bass but the frequencies are too low for the speakers to amplify. Headphones are basically small speakers millimeters away from your ear canal so that low bass does not have to travel far making it easier to hear.