Subwoofer placement in small room

[Soybean]

                    

"S" is where the subwoofer is currently at.

It's really the only practical location for it, since there's no wall on the left side. Most things I've read, however, say it's best to place it in a corner in the front. Since there's no wall on the left, the only corner is the top right, which has a door to the balcony.

Do you think it'll be a big deal? I could move the file cabinet to another room, but the entertainment center is huge and really heavy, so I'd rather not.

 

[Soybean]

Meaning I could move the entertainment center down to the left.

 

[Az B]

How about to the right of the other sofa? Is there room? That would be closer to the ideal than what you have.

 

[sjdgpt]

Try moving the sub about the room to find the ideal spot.

But personally, I like the idea of the sub right next to me as I watch the bombs expoding on the TV. Great visceral impact. You could try and use the sync delay on better receivers to match the timing of the sub with the speakers, but in a relatively small room, I doubt that you are having any real sync issues.

 

[Soybean]

I gave it another listen today and it's pretty boomy. I don't like it. Is it reasonable to assume that its current location, which is boxed in by 2 walls, a couch, and a side table, could cause the boominess. Tomorrow I'll have to try a new location.

Can't do a lot of home theatre testing these days with a demanding girlfriend! I swoop home real quick, listen for 10 minutes, then when I'm back at her place ask for advice online!

 

[sjdgpt]

Maybe you got to decide which is more important....

Good bass....

or the demanding girlfriend.


Personally, I could always do without the bass.

 

[Epilespaul]

In A Sectional!!!!

Im thinking seriously about cutting the cloth underliner out of my sectional sofa and replacing that with some 3/8 board and mounting 2 -12" pyle
drivers in there, one on each end, talk about feeling the explosions and things!! Hee Hee.. oh also Im gonna run sub out from my Sony receiver to a 400 watt Peavey Bass Guitar Amp to the 12"s any feedback?

 

[plhart]

Positioned as shown your sub will potentially (but only theoretically) have 18dB of boost. Problem is that boost will all be at one frequency. Without moving the sub the best cure for your one-note bass would be to use a single-band parametric equalizer which can yield smooth bass response with tuneful articulate bass.

The best fully automatic solution I know of for this situation is the Subwoofer Optimization System @ $299 available at SpeakerCity.com.

 

[toquemon]

i have the same problem with my sub. My distribution is the same except for the computer desk and the file cabinet. I haven't solve this problem yet, it's very diffcult. My sub sounds very, very boomy with music; with movies it's ok.

In the U2's live in Boston DVD the P's and the T's actually sound in my sub even that i have the crossover set to 80hz; i've tried putting it as low as 40hz but i still have those P's and T's entering my sub. It's really annoying.

My subwoofer crossover is set to the max but the Receiver's crossover is set to 80hz for Home theater (using all speakers as "small") and is moved to 40hz for music (using front and center speakers as "large").

What should i do?.