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Yeah...placing it in the corner just acts as a megaphone to amplify the sound. People recommend it because of the emphasis on SPL...which IMO, is just wrong. In some rooms, it could very well be the best place, but for sound quality, it usually is not the case.

well, i have a room that is 28x26x8.. with a vega LW-12 sub. i know, not the best sub(which has already been discussed), but its what i got.. the vega does put out plenty of sound, but i just figured i would need all the help with SPL since the room is soooo big.. this sub does have a tendency to be 'boomy', but it can be adjusted and works fine..

bigjohn

Yes...that is a big room.

A good option is to place the sub close to the seating area.

Optimal placement of a subwoofer entails some complex tradeoffs, so it is difficult to generalize about corners, etc. I recommend this white paper from Harman Kardon for an explanation: http://www.harman.com/wp/pdf/Loudspeakers&RoomsPt3.pdf Then experiment with some test discs and a sound meter.

John, as Tom Nousaine, among others, has found, the corner(except in square rooms)is generally the best place for a sub to obtain both volume and smoothness of bass. All room resonances are excited in that location. It's been my personal experience as well.

I just got my SVS PB2-isd last week and have been playing around with placement quite a bit on this bad boy.

I found that with the sub in the front corner it sounded really thin, so I moved it to the back corner. There it sounded overly deep and muddy. After a few more moves it finally ended back where it started and after a little tweaking with phase all I can say is holy cow batman.

Darla almost took the house down this morning and Matrix Revolutions is just a sub fest. Incredible. The amazing thing to me is that this bad boy still integrates really well with music.

Kudos to SVS, they build a hell of a sub.

Dave

what it is the darla scene i see everyone mention???

It's a scene in "Finding Nemo" where a Little girl (Darla) taps on the glass of an aquarium. It is an incredible LFE (Low Frequency Effect) which rattles walls, and is considered a good test of a subwoofer's ability.

"It's a scene in "Finding Nemo" where a Little girl (Darla) taps on the glass of an aquarium. It is an incredible LFE (Low Frequency Effect) which rattles walls, and is considered a good test of a subwoofer's ability."

And a good test of the structural rigidity of your house. You'll find rattles you've never heard before.

Dave

thanks once again for all the info.

still sitting and waiting...................