Placing a subwoofer in the corner of a room can increase its output, making it sound louder. The great thing about a subwoofer (especially a wireless subwoofer) is it can be situated almost anywhere on your floor space. There is no formula for locating the best spot. And, its truly your personal preference.

Where should a subwoofer be placed in a room?

Typically, you position a subwoofer along the front wall of the room. Moving all of the bass sounds to the subwoofer gives your front speakers the ability to focus on mid- and high-range frequencies. (The subwoofer can handle all the low-frequency bass sounds in a home theater.)

Where should you not put a subwoofer?

Try to keep the sub within 4 or 5 feet of the left or right front speakers. Which leads to my next bit of advice, dont put the subwoofer in a corner. Granted, there are significant advantages to corner placement, mainly that in a corner the sub will produce more bass, with lower distortion.

Does a subwoofer have to be on the floor?

As far as placing the subwoofer on the floor is concerned, the quick answer is that this is not the best option. Ideally, it should be elevated for the best sound output. But, elevating the subwoofer is not always practical.

Can a subwoofer sit on carpet?

Subwoofers on Carpet The subwoofer can sit right on the carpet, and the sound should be propagated from the subwoofer and mixed with the rest of the soundscape just fine. And even for a down-facing subwoofer, the amount of sound being absorbed by the carpet is likely going to be negligible.

How far from the wall should a subwoofer be?

In fact, high-quality subs tend to sound their best when pulled at least 8 to 12 inches from any wall. Subwoofers also work better in the front half of your listening space, placed closer to your front-channel loudspeakers to lessen timing delays and phase cancellation.

Which direction should a subwoofer face?

So which way should a subwoofer face in home theater? Here is the short answer. For the best sound quality, the subwoofer should be placed with the speaker facing out to the room, and the port should be away from a wall.

Do speakers sound better on carpet?

Even carpeted floor tiles can help damped audio from above. DO recognize floor surface attenuation; heavily carpeted floors will absorb some sound from your speakers and damped the overall audio effect in a room. Theyre fine on the floor, but not behind a couch or chair.

Does it matter which way subwoofer faces?

Here is the short answer. For the best sound quality, the subwoofer should be placed with the speaker facing out to the room, and the port should be away from a wall. Bass waves travel in all directions, but its important to have the speaker facing your main listening area.

Can speakers sit on carpet?

DO recognize floor surface attenuation; heavily carpeted floors will absorb some sound from your speakers and damped the overall audio effect in a room. Theyre fine on the floor, but not behind a couch or chair.

Is a subwoofer supposed to be loud?

As far as the final balance between your mains and sub most accurate is to be the same between mains and sub (which if using a sound pressure meter will be sub about 3db lower than mains). Most find setting sub about 3 to 6db higher sounds better especially since most listen at less than reference level.

Why do subwoofers smell?

Most new subwoofers produce a smell when their voice coil heats for the first time. When this happens, it means there is an excess glue on the voice coil that burns as the voice coil heats. And this results in a burnt smell from the subwoofers.