What's The Best Placement For Subwoofers?

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A home theatre system is incomplete without a high quality subwoofer or subs as they are called. In addition, their correct placement and alignment with the other furniture in the room is important, for the home theatre system to deliver the sound quality that you desire to achieve. The apt placement of the subwoofer is indeed a tricky deal, since various experts have contrasting opinions and amalgamating the all the right tricks for a perfect bass resonance and surround sound is quite a feat to achieve.

Nevertheless, it is generally agreed that a subwoofer should be kept at one corner of the room and if possible, coupled up with another one to optimize the sound quality. This is done in order to maximize the subwoofer’s output by increasing the bass resonance from all facets of the room. However, some experts are of the opinion that one might have to sit diametrically opposite to such a setting in order to fall under the maximum influence zone of the speaker’s reach. Hence, the trick here is to align all the furniture in the room in such a way, that it would evenly disseminate the speaker’s bass frequencies all ...
... across the room. The worst place that a subwoofer could be placed is in the centre of room. Furthermore, it is also difficult to increase the bass frequencies of the speaker in a room with equal dimensions and square walls. It is always preferable that your entertainment unit be situated in a room with unequal dimensions, which will help spread the bass resonance in a way that will not nullify the effect off the sound waves.

The deep resonating sounds of the subwoofer magnify, when pressed into one corner of the room or brought near the walls, hence placing your couch right against the wall would be a good idea. Since, the closer you move to a wall, the ear will pick up greater and deeper resonances from the speakers. It will also prove extremely beneficial if the one is able to adjust the distance between the sitting area and the walls and the distance between the corner of the room and the subwoofer. The addition of a second subwoofer in the room, in contrast to popular myth, does not really increase the overall sound volume of the entertainment unit, but it results in the reception of smoother bass resonances by a larger number of people. This sound resonance can be optimized by placing the second subwoofer opposite to the first one, in another corner of the room, across the diagonal. Concrete walls and floors should be avoided since, they cannot effectively absorb sound waves, producing the unwanted bass booms, which wallboard flexes can reduce.

Author Bio:

Narayan Shankar is a big fan of technology that brings in home theater like entertainment. In this new series of articles he discusses subwoofers and Panasonic sound bar to help you pick the best subwoofers available in the market.