Sub Placement.
03-01-01, 03:45 PM
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When I read something that says face your sub towards a wall, does that mean face the driver, or the port, or does it matter?
03-01-01, 04:06 PM
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Originally posted by RaptorsFan
When I read something that says face your sub towards a wall, does that mean face the driver, or the port, or does it matter?
When I read something that says face your sub towards a wall, does that mean face the driver, or the port, or does it matter?
1) They probably mean the driver.
2) They're probably not giving very good advice.
03-01-01, 07:31 PM
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That's not quite correct from experience. The subbase sound is quite omnidirectional so your gonna know all about it where ever it's facing, believe me! 
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
Just incase your interested, my port faces the wall so as to bouncy the wave off the wall in order to get a little more volumn by the time it hits the viewers.
You have to watch the sound waves clashing with each other too. They're coming from the front of the box (the cone) and the back as well (the port), so don't sit it in between anything like a table and the wall.
[Edited by Fhrx on 03-02-01 at 11:41 PM]
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
Just incase your interested, my port faces the wall so as to bouncy the wave off the wall in order to get a little more volumn by the time it hits the viewers.
You have to watch the sound waves clashing with each other too. They're coming from the front of the box (the cone) and the back as well (the port), so don't sit it in between anything like a table and the wall.
[Edited by Fhrx on 03-02-01 at 11:41 PM]
03-01-01, 07:47 PM
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Originally posted by Fhrx
That's not quite correct from experience. The subbase sound is quite undirectional so your gonna know all about it where ever it's facing, believe me!
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
Just incase your interested, my port faces the wall so as to bouncy the wave off the wall in order to get a little more volumn by the time it hits the viewers.
You have to watch the sound waves clashing with each other too. They're coming from the front of the box (the cone) and the back as well (the port), so don't sit it in between anything like a table and the wall.
That's not quite correct from experience. The subbase sound is quite undirectional so your gonna know all about it where ever it's facing, believe me!
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
Just incase your interested, my port faces the wall so as to bouncy the wave off the wall in order to get a little more volumn by the time it hits the viewers.
You have to watch the sound waves clashing with each other too. They're coming from the front of the box (the cone) and the back as well (the port), so don't sit it in between anything like a table and the wall.
Just a correction...you should have said omnidirectional not unidirectional. Unidirectional means one-direction.
03-02-01, 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by Fhrx
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
For best results, try every postition known to man and settle for what sounds best.
1. place the sub at your normal listening position
2. walk around the room until you find the spot with the best, cleanest bass response
3. locate your sub at the position identified in step 2.
having said the above, you will still need properly calibrate your sub so that it integrates well with your system for which you will need a sound pressure meter (about $30 from RS). and of course, the best position is rarely the most convenient or aesthetic. :-(
03-03-01, 01:42 AM
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Originally posted by palebluedot
Just a correction...you should have said omnidirectional not unidirectional. Unidirectional means one-direction. [/B]
Just a correction...you should have said omnidirectional not unidirectional. Unidirectional means one-direction. [/B]
