Subwoofer placing in a livingroom

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Hi,

Where do I have to place the subwoofer for an optimal result? My livingroom is not big and I will have to set the subwoofer on the left side of the room, frontspeakers and center can be put around the TV as needed.

Bart

 

[Anonymous]

Should be no problem as long as its not right beside you. Woofers are not very directional.

Boo

 

[radovantz]

Provide some time to experiment your subwoofer put in every part inside the room, and find the best sounding position.

 

[Anonymous]

To try and find the best place for your sub find the room's node.[

A Room node is an area of a room where a particular frequency of a bass
signal causes the room to pressurize at predictable points in the room.
This causes that spot or spots in the room to accentuate that frequency
greatly.

Play a low note on your sub (that you can
hear) and while it is playing, walk around your room and notice that
there will be places in the room that will play the note very loudly,
and other places where the note is almost absent. These are the room
nodes (namely, the places where the sound is the loudest). Generally,
the most prominent room node is along the walls at 1/2 the length of
the wall.

These are the best places to put a sub.

Edit: My sofa's in the way on mine

 

[Olli1324]

That node stuff is quite interesting.Except in my (bed)room ÿI have found that that point is bang infront of my door...ÿ

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....*Get's out a long length of mains cable*ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

Olli1324:
That node stuff is quite interesting.Except in my (bed)room I have found that that point is bang infront of my door...

....*Get's out a long length of mains cable*

Or builder to move door

There are usually a couple of 'sweet spots' in a room to choose from.

 

[True Blue]

Trial and error unfotunately. Place, listen compare. Every room is differnet shape. Two identical room "shapes" have different audible characteristics dependant on many criteria including furnishings, floor coverings, floor supports etc. Agreed though, dont place next to where you are sitting (or touching the tihng you are sitting on)

 

[Olli1324]

So typing this, listening to Michael Jackson with my foot feet up on the sub, is wrong?

 

[Anonymous]

Olli1324:So typing this, listening to Michael Jackson with my foot feet up on the sub is wrong?

Is it on ?

Whatever floats your boat.

 

[Olli1324]

'Tis on. Nice and vibrator-y

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You're right, though; it is not ideal. My room has only one other place wher I could feasably place the sub; I'll give it a go now.

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