Is it possible to have a room that is too small?

[alexsabree]

I just got an eD A2-300 subwoofer and I'm thinking maybe I got too much sub for my room. My room is jam packed, Its only around 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. Will this result in bad sound?

 

[jamie2112]

I just got an eD A2-300 subwoofer and I'm thinking maybe I got too much sub for my room. My room is jam packed, Its only around 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. Will this result in bad sound?

Not if you turn it down........
Its more sub than you need ,but the brightside is you will be moving eventually...

 

[lsiberian]

Yes, but only if you can't fit in it with your subs.

 

[GlocksRock]

There is no such thing as too much headroom when it comes to subwoofers. If your sub is phsyically too large for the room, then you may have an issue, but I'm sure you took it's size into consideration before placing your order... or at least I hope you did.

 

[Mike19]

As already posted, just adjust the volume.

To safe space, you can use the sub top as a table.

Really, you can.

Mike

 

[j_garcia]

Yes, smaller rooms are actually worse for bass because the sound waves never get a chance to actually form - you are getting partial wave formations (1/4, 1/8, etc...) and the potential for much more cancellation. Volume won't make any difference to those room modes either.

My bedroom is ~11x12 and it sounds better without a sub.

As mentioned though, there is no such thing as "too much" when it comes to subs.

 

[GlocksRock]

My bedroom is also not all that large, but it rocks with my SVS 20-39PC+ and it sounded very good with the PB10 I had in there before that... I guess it all depends on your room, and you won't know until you try it out and move the sub around.

 

[lsiberian]

My bedroom is also not all that large, but it rocks with my SVS 20-39PC+ and it sounded very good with the PB10 I had in there before that... I guess it all depends on your room, and you won't know until you try it out and move the sub around.

Isn't the SVS 20-39 up firing? Or is it down firing. Plus it uses techniques that help those long frequencies form I believe.

 

[GlocksRock]

It's downfiring, but the ports fire up. I asked SVS about port orientation, and they said it makes no difference. But even when I had my old Dayton Sub-120 in there, it sounded good too, of course not near as good as the SVS. But it only sounds good in the corner, anywhere else and it doesn't sound good.

 

[j_garcia]

It's downfiring, but the ports fire up. I asked SVS about port orientation, and they said it makes no difference. But even when I had my old Dayton Sub-120 in there, it sounded good too, of course not near as good as the SVS. But it only sounds good in the corner, anywhere else and it doesn't sound good.

I tried two different subs in my bedroom, which is a bit too squarish. If I put it in the corner, it was WAY too much bass, but mainly localized to the two opposite corners. In the center of the room, audible response sucked, but you could still feel it. I don't really have room for the sub anyway

 

[alexsabree]

I'll find room for it, I've already got a few places that I have in mind that I could put it. All that's in my room is my bed, dresser and two computers.