Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners newbie needs speaker/sub advice!

As far as adjusting levels, all I did was set all the levels to zero and rather than increasing the quiet channels, I decreased the louder channels to acheive balance. About the sub, what effect would it have if I were to turn the sub facing away from the listening area? Or if the sub were off the floor using the carpet spikes? I'm using the rubber feet currently.

Hi confused,

Where the woofer of a sub faces makes no difference at all so long as you have the crossover frequency set at about 80 Hz or perhaps a bit higher. Nor do the spikes or the feet make any difference in the radiated low-frequency energy. As JohnK pointed out, put the sub in a corner to start and then, if it's too boomy there, gradually move it away from the corner along one wall or the other.

Check out the A/V Tip of the Month that I wrote for the May2002 issue of Axiom's AudioFile newsletter. Just go to axiomaudio.com/archives and click on the May issue.

I also recommend you purchase the Sound&Vision magazine Home Theater Tune-Up DVD. It has excellent subwoofer test tones and easy to understand instructions to set up your satellite/sub balance and crossover as well as TV monitor calibration advice. Get the DVD at amazon.com or one of those sites.

Regards,