The other option would be to hook it to my rear speakers, set them as full range speakers in my recievers settings, then use the subs crossover to limit them back to the mids and highs. I hope this article will save your time and money if you are in a similar situation. According to the Best Buy experts the placement of the subs should not matter as we wont be able to locate the sound coming out of the sub. PITTDOG1

. Am i going to lose any signal by using a line level output over a 20ft rca cable? Daphoid, I still remember that conversation we had in the RPTV forum about the HDTV special on Discovery(Canada). If you put it on the room side you will lose some opportunity. Your one stop for all things Home Theater (except soundbars). It soulds Great 
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. Even though, I am losing the frequencies ranging from 60-120 Hz in the LFE channel I think that trade off is worth it. It won't reproduce the .1 signal. from the top, cover with a nice screen/vent and you're golden. Worth loading REW software it will at least provide some obvious benefits or problems with locations. It is logical and can be effective IMO. By the way, 
If it only takes one match to start a forestfire, then why does it take the whole#$%@!&* box to start a camp fire for the kids?!?!? After every new setting I would listen to the set up for a couple of days or even weeks. http://www.avforums.com/forums/blog-hifi-myths-pt-iv-subwoofer-crawl-method.html, Sub Located Next To The Couch The Debuguy, Subwoofer Placement and replacement - less than ideal room, Anyone using a slim/flat under-the-sofa sub. I have a genesis 900 next to the couch under a end table. company number 03997482, registered in England and Wales. Powered by Xenforo, Hosted by Nimbus Hosting, Original design Critical Media Ltd. Many of us (including me), place a sub woofer on the side of the couch(as shown in the above layout) simply because we do not have enough space in the room. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Why not play around and bit and see where it's best ? if your couch is near a corner, put it in the corner. Doing what you described with the rear signal is not recommended. You are using an out of date browser. I am not sure how two subs setup will perform in this particular situation but sadly I ( and most people) do not have space for that experiment. 2) Set the sub woofer frequency cutoff ( the knob on the back of the sub) to 60 Hz. My setup includes: 1) 5.0 pioneer speakers from Andrew Jones. Sorry Scott,this along with edging your CD's with green felt pen,is an urban Myth. My layout and uncorrected estimate, do look at other seating locations as well, Thor: Love & Thunder and Netflixs Sea Beast Reviews and the latest 4K + Movie/TV News, Toshiba 40ZF355 | Sony BDP-S570 | Onkyo TX-SR608 | Monitor Audio RX6 fronts and R. You must log in or register to reply here. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Sub woofers for the most part are omni directional so you still have great sound effects. JavaScript is disabled. Placing your sub within a couple feet of the main listening position is called nearfield, and it can work wonderfully. "since we already have a hole i guess it's time for a IB. JavaScript is disabled. Some time back, I had a Bose sound touch 120 home theater setup. I'm sure all rooms are different, but when I tried my PB2-ISD next to my couch I had to turn the volume down so it sounded right in the primary listening position, but that caused the bass to be lacking everywhere else. Yes - I use the usual Radio Shack meter with my laptop, an external sound card [with line input] and REW. Come join the discussion about home audio/video, TVs, projectors, screens, receivers, speakers, projects, DIYs, product reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! I have my sub placed behind the sofa as in your first picture and it's absolutely fine. Can a sub woofer be placed next to the couch? Therefore, I decided to debug it myself. I have my Mono in the front corner opposite the sofa and it does exactly the same. I keep reading on the Forum that putting the sub in the listening position and walking round the room to find positions with even response does not work. I am still trying to get the wife to let me cut a 12" hole in the floor into the crawlspace for a infinite baffle sub setup, but i don't think it's gonna happen. My PB2 + is on the back wall by my couch. LIVE: AVSForum Tech Talk Podcast with Scott Wilkinson, Episode 6 Click here for details. I doubt it's the best place but it's way better than not having it at all. I'll make a hole with chewwed up jagged edges, then blame the dog. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. It has a wireless sub woofer that I placed next to my couch. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Having them behind you is nice as you don't have them in your eyelike distracting you when you're watching a film. Press J to jump to the feed. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Since both are variable i think no one can give you a definite answer (?). It should work, I'm assuming that's a corner so you'll get plenty of boundary reinforcement. i.e SP-C22, SP-FS52 and SP-BS22. I had mine next to my primary seat and it was phenominal for the main seat. On top of that, other five speakers did not sound as good as they did when they were set to small. After thinking over it, I will rather place the sub in the front left corner. AVForums.com is owned and operated by M2N Limited, I think the consensus here is that sub positioning depends on the room shape/size and your own sound preference. The crossover settings in that particular model cannot be changed therefore, the bass heavy male sounds would go into the sub and other low frequency effects were easily located.

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. What is wrong with this? Bottom line is your room response, which only you can hear.

I have used this to get the starting point to lookout where to pace them. The only thing I have differently is that I also have another sub placed behind the sofa in the other corner. In my room I am unable to locate frequencies lower than 60 Hz so I like these settings. Drawers, not doors. I can say with confidence that if you dont want to locate the low frequency sounds then you should not place your sub next to the couch and you are better off with a 5.0 setup. I now have it in the front of the room, and while all seats are not equal, they are much closer. Only problem is if you get too much of that. I have a theater set up in my bedroom and the subwoofer is in a back corner next to my bed and the corner is like a great reverb chamber to make the subwoofer sound great, really makes you feel like you are in the movie. This website uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I then decided to build up a proper home theater set up for my living room. But is that statement really true? These settings worked better, but I was still able to locate the sound effects coming out of the sub. I have my sub behind/next to my listening position, and I have 1 question. I am looking for a place where to fit my XXLS400 sub, as I do not want to place it in the front wall. Not a big enough space to fit. I Just purchased a tv to complete my long awaited home theater setup. It used to be sitting next to the tv stand, and i had it hooked up to the reciever with a single RCA cable hooked to the subwoofer out. The only logical location i can think of is next to the couch, I was wondering if anyone has done this, and what the results are. A forum community dedicated to home theater owners and enthusiasts. Why don't you want to place it on front wall. I have my big VMPS sub directly behind the couch, about 20 inches from the back. I tried to look it up on the internet, but didnt find much information on this particular situation. Sadly, I was always able to locate the the sub. Buying Advice, Tech Support, etc for Televisions, Home Theater, Speakers, Projectors, Audio/Video Receivers, etc. Copyright 2000-2022 M2N Limited E. & O.E. LIVE: AVSForum Tech Talk Podcast with Scott Wilkinson, Episode 6, The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo, VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. Aenean eu leo quam. Can a sub woofer be placed next to the couch?

This seems complicated tho. Integer posuere erat a ante venenatis dapibus posuere velit aliquet. My sub in without extensive modification. Magliocchino has a great point. These speakers and most of the budget friendly speakers do not shine at the low end of the frequency range. If you couch doesn't move much.. She won't notice the hole under it. I work as a home theater technician and i have not only seen this a lot but I also recommend to customers to do this if all other options are exhausted. it is, so is the waiting for my new speakers, and receiver*sigh*. It can also help alittle to alleviate room mode FR issues, because the sound waves can hit your ears before they do walls and room modes, which can cause destructive breakup and unwanted attenuation of the low frequencies coming from the sub. 5) Again, due to lack of space I had to place the sub on the side of the couch, but I had a better AV receiver at my disposal this time. Suck it and see. Be sure to get a sub cable that's long enough to let you try all your room options. If i place the sub next to the couch i am going to need a 20 ft. Cable. With this setting the sub woofer wont be re-producing any frequency greater than 60 Hz, not even from the LFE channel which contains data up-to 120 Hz. For every halving of distance, from you to the sub results in a 6db increase in perceived output from listening position. 

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. As you moved farther away from the main seat, the spl's dropped accordingly. My wall unit takes up the entire wall now and i need to find a new location fr my sub. I ended up returning the system. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. In my room, having it up front gives a much better distribution of bass throughout the room. Hours of fun. It really depends on the position in the room though, doing a sub woofer crawl will help to tell you where it would sound best. The No. Over the next couple of months, I played a lot with the distance and crossover settings of the sub in the AV receivers menu. 1 Home Entertainment Tech Community & Resource. How was it? I set up the crossover and size according to the recommendations i.e 80 Hz and small for all the speakers. Just a suggestion, but would it be possible to trim one of your doors in the wall unit so all you have is the border and then cover the square cut out with speaker cloth. Update on 7/15/2020: As of today, the best settingsthat ensure that I get minimum localization are as follows: 1) In the AVR menu set all the speakers size to small with the cross over set to 60 Hz. Best way to set sub up is put it where you sit then go sit in the places you would put the sub and see which you suits you then place the sub there job done.

For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Next, I set the speakers size to large so that only LFE dedicated sound goes to the sub. The speakers sounded really good but there was too much bass going into the sub and yes I was able to locate those low ends. The sub is a velodyne cht-8 front firing subwoofer.