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In Reply to: H.T. subwoofer placement question. posted by AbeCollins on March 09, 2003 at 18:56:32:
Low bass is not entirely non-directional (contrary to popular belief) so you may (or may not) be able to locate the sub if it is in a rear corner 12 feet from you. It will give bigger bass there, however. Behind your sofa would probably be better if the sub doesn't need corner re-enforcement.As always the best advice is "Just try it". I would add, "and live with each for a bit." In HT, your first love may not be something you wanna live with.
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I am using a HSU round sub. The manufacturer designed it for near field performance, for the most even bass response. But I found that anything over 40hz was localized.When I upgraded to a 5.1 bass management system, I moved the sub to one of the front corners of the room, to blend in with the front and center speakers better, and was able to roll those speakers over at 80hz. with decent integration.
The largest amount of movie sound track info goes to the center speaker. If your center (like mine) has limited bass response, I recommend locating the sub up front. Also, the LFE channel may go higher than you think, adding to the localizing problem ( some movies use a constant "rumble" during a high emotional scene, which is very irritating if you hear it coming from behind.
I have a $100 JBL full range 3 way speaker, actually prt of a pair of $200 speakers, and they FAR exceed my $320 JBL center that i sold on ebay. Find a cheap pairi of full range speakers that you like the sound, and replace the center with one, an give the other to my brother, like I did.
Since it looks like multichannel music is here to stay, my next speaker upgrade will be a minimum of a matched threesome across the front, preferably all full range.
I'm with you on that one... I'm kinda sick of seeing the special "center channel" speakers that are wider and have two mid-woofers... what's the point?For a balanced sound across the front, you should really have three of the same model. Honestly, with how more receivers are just packing equal wattage amps across the board instead of weaker ones for the rears, it really makes more sense to have the same speakers in the back, too.
I'm going to build a center version of my front speakrs with matching drivers. Actually all five speakers will have scan speak 9500 tweeters and the three across the front will all have the same 7" drivers also from scan speak. The rears will also have 5" Vifa drivers. Six 7" drivers across the front with three tweeters ought to do it for our room. The rears should also be adequate. If they sound small if/when multi-channel music blossoms I can always build bigger speakers.
I agree with the previous posts. I have found the information on the Video Essentials disc, gives a reasonable starting point. You will have to move it after that, but at least the disc gives you an idea.
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