Usually is loading it in a corner. Funny thing in you crawl around on the floor of the room and where it sounds the best usually gets it close to where it should be lol. Called a sub crawl.
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Weird. It sounds best in the bathroom just off my living room. Maybe put it next to the shitter in there?
Probably end up with female house guests parked on the commode if I did that.
Low frequencies are far less directional than high frequencies. Sub placement is far less important than the other speakers in your system.
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I disagree with that. No different than subs in a car. There is a reason why you fire them up, to the trunk, or towards you. Also why the enclosure matters. They also say you put the sub in the middle right under your tv which I have done and not had much output. I have a def tech trinity sub which is 2 14”s with 4 passive 14”s. It went from eh sounds ok to I feel it without hearing it from low frequencies to making stuff fall off the wall. To each their own though.
I agree with him. Subs in a car trunk usually face the rear. Mine in a truck face up so the port can load off the door. Some Bose wants to face the wall and reflect. It is still important but less important than the highs and mids. In my opinion anyhow.
Aiming subs in a car is far different than filling a room in your house with bass.
I was also referring to channel separation when talking about high and low frequencies. While you can hear channel separation with subs, it is much more defined in the high frequencies. A good system will reproduce a movies sound movement, and most of that sound is above where a sub works. Listening to music like Dark Side of the Moon, you'll get the movement that the original artist intended. That's why most systems generally use a single sub. You can certainly add more to round out your system, but I'd spend the money elsewhere first.
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I was also referring to channel separation when talking about high and low frequencies. While you can hear channel separation with subs, it is much more defined in the high frequencies. A good system will reproduce a movies sound movement, and most of that sound is above where a sub works. Listening to music like Dark Side of the Moon, you'll get the movement that the original artist intended. That's why most systems generally use a single sub. You can certainly add more to round out your system, but I'd spend the money elsewhere first.
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Sub placement is a bittersweet process. On one hand, many of today's "good" powered subs come in rock solid cabinets and thusly weight 100lbs so moving them sucks. I have 2 Chinese Monoliths and they're heavy as shit so I roll them on their sides and slide them on the carpet to move them. On the other hand, once they're in a good enough spot, they sure do sound sweet.
Mine is off the the left of the Tv, and probably loses a lot of its effect because that’s where the chase happens to be. To the right would be more open to the room but it’s been occupied by kids shit for years. Maybe I’ll give it a switch after Christmas.
Try under the cushion where the wife usually sits. Mine thanked me.
If you have the power, sub placement matters less. Having said that - corner placement is ideal to boost the sub output (for free) regardless. I have an older SVS PB-16 plus with the newer amp upgrade. 1500W RMS / 5000W peak. Amazing subwoofer. Paired with my Onkyo TX-RZ50 (highly recommended) and Dirac live equalization, have the luxury of not having to worry too much about speaker placement and the acoustic repercussions.
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My house was pre-wired for a sound system in the living room and basement.
In my living room i went with:
Denon AVR-S670H Receiver
Klipsch R-121SW subwoofer
Kef Ci200ER speakers in the ceiling.
Im extremely pleased with the sound quality and bass.
I haven’t put one in my basement primarily because at some point within the next couple years we are going to be putting a bar in and may need to expand some of the sound points.
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In my living room i went with:
Denon AVR-S670H Receiver
Klipsch R-121SW subwoofer
Kef Ci200ER speakers in the ceiling.
Im extremely pleased with the sound quality and bass.
I haven’t put one in my basement primarily because at some point within the next couple years we are going to be putting a bar in and may need to expand some of the sound points.
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My basement is a void but if I were building a house I’d have everything pre wired. That would be awesome.
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Only way to do it. It’s a much for me going forward.
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Lower frequencies require less "aiming" than higher frequencies. Consider the fact that some sub-woofers are downward firing. Your mids, and tweeters are more directional due to the nature of how the higher frequencies travel, the space between your ears, and the frequency range that your ears can hear things.
One addition to this is to put the sub where you sit, then crawl around to all the places you might want to put it or those areas that have a high WAF and listen to what you like. Where it sounds *best* is where you want it, *best* being subjective: punchy, boomy, extra loud, deep or ultra low, smooth, musical, etc.
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Late to the party here but I'll put in my two cents. What you buy isn't nearly as important as how you set it up. I have a second hand Klipsch Reference set that a friend of mine (professional audio engineer) positioned and tuned. The before and after is incredible. An expensive but poorly setup system won't sound nearly as good as a budget system that's been setup properly.
This is true.
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