"CRAWL ON THE FLOOR method"?
Only use that if you're all liquored up. If not use the "SIT IN YOUR CHAIR method".
Only use that if you're all liquored up. If not use the "SIT IN YOUR CHAIR method".
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1.Put the Sub in your listening position. 2.Put on some music with a strong and visceral bass line that is dynamic and repeatable. 3.Move about the room to find the place/places where the bass is full/dynamic/tuneful/pronounced.(sometimes a few inches in any direction makes a big difference) Mark with tape! 4.Place your sub/subs in the two favorite positions marked by tape and take a listen, minimal tweaking may be needed. The tape will help to keep you in the right area. 5.Try several types of music, acoustic, rock, vocal, soundtracks, classic. take notes on what you hear so that you can get the volume balance right. |
Have a look at the following thread for some good explanations about subwoofer set-up: SubWoofer Help ASAP... Regarding your question, there are four possible orientations so you would need to experiment. :) Good luck! Paul |
I can see the crawl on the floor placements is similar to the speaker echo slap theory. For speaker placement you want to place the speakers in the most responsive to echo slap.. place. Walk around the areas you want to place the speaker and clap, or make noises and listen for the area with the most echo. That is where you want to place the speaker. Seems to be about the same reasoning as 'crawl on the floor' theory. As to WHY that spot is the best, I leave to your Google skills to figure out. It is after all, just one more theory among many. |
Paul McGowan of PS Audio just finished a detailed blog series on this. It looked quite thorough and sensible, although I don't have a sub to try it. You can check it out at: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/woofer/9990/ He posts his blog once a day and the subwoofer series was done in a week or two. |
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