AzN_plyR said:
Hey guys, is there any tips/techniques I should know about for a small probably 10x11x9 square room..... Where should the fronts be located? Any tips for the bass... my subwoofer seems to be tooooo powerful where I sit.. against the wall.....
A small, squarish room. Oh boy.
The first question is, is there a different room you can use. Anything bigger would be better.
If there's nothing else available, move the sub about a 3rd of the way into the room, and find some setting in your system to turn it down. If your system has any built in equalization, set the sub to handle from 45Hz down. You don't want it handling 50Hz and up, not in that room. Also get speakers away from the walls, as much as possible. I know there's only so far you can move speakers in a room that size, but even inches may matter.
Also get your seating off the wall if possible. Walls are where bass is reinforced the most, that's not where you want to sit if you can help it.
If you're planning to listen to music, look into "nearfield listening" and speakers with side firing woofers. If it's for movies, point the sub so that it fires *into* a chair or sofa, as a way to cut down the excess energy that movie makers like to pump into the sub channel.
Good luck!