SUBWOOFER PLACEMENT? PICS INSIDE

[BlakkIce]

Ok guys u have to excuse the mess in my room im building a server and a linux testing machine

anyhow i just got some klipsch 5.1 but i dont have a room that fits the standard as shown on jason's site so i took pictures of my room right now the sub is under my desk sounds good but i think it would sound better in the corner ill let u guys decide which is the best spot

HERES A EAST TO WEST SHOT
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ANOTHER
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SUB UNDER DESK SOUNDS NICE
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CORNER IT WOULD GO IN
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EAST END OF THE ROOM
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BACK WALL SOUTH WALL
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WEST WALL SLANTED ROOF
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STAIRS
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AND BEFORE U GUYS RAT THIS WAS TAKEN WITH MY LOW END DIGITAL CAMERA TOO MUCH EFFORT TO TAKE INTO PHOTOSHOP

 

[ojai00]

I envy your room...you have so much stuff in there! Subwoofer under the desk is usually the best option. With Klipschs, they'll be booming and if you put it on your desk, everything's gonna start shaking around.

 

[Dre]

Linked:

east to west shot

another

sub under desk sounds nice

corner it would go in

east end of room

back wall south wall

west wall slanted roof

stairs

 

[Dre]

IMO, you need to sell 1 or 2 of your computers and get a nicer TV.

 

[Zim Hosein]

BlakkIce, the "BACK WALL SOUTH WALL" pic is

 

[krackato]

You own too much stuff. Go read this.

 

[flood]

place the subwoofer in your chair where you usally sit.
walk around the room until you find the best sounding spot.
put your subwoofer there.

 

[Mingon]

The human ear cannot detect the location of low pitched (e.g. sub woofer type) noises. As long as it is not blocked in front in doesnt matter where you put it.

 

[visceral]

Look at the state of that room! :Q
Does your mother know??

 

[thorin]

Don't take this personally but you're never going to find 'the sweet spot' because there is too much crap in your room. In the main area of your room you have to much solid (metal/wood) crap that is just going to reverb/scatter sound waves so it doesn't matter where it is. And on your bed side of your room there is too much soft (bed/carpet) stuff that will absorb sound.

"The human ear cannot detect the location of low pitched (e.g. sub woofer type) noises. "

Perhaps you could suggest that it's harder to detect location of low pitched sounds but I wouldn't say that it can't/isn't done.

Thorin

 

[Bozo Galora]

if you put it under the desk on the floor, the rats might get at it.

 

[flood]

<< The human ear cannot detect the location of low pitched (e.g. sub woofer type) noises. As long as it is not blocked in front in doesnt matter where you put it. >>



True, deep bass is unidirectional, but placement does effect percieved subwoofer performance. If you place it in a corner, you can get up to a +3dB increase in volume, but at the same time it probably wont sound as good.
The method i described earlier is a sure fire trick.

 

[Studdyman]

Buy a KVM dude, clean your room, maybe then your subwoofer will sound good regardless where you put it.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Looking at your room, be careful where you put it, you may never find it again. :Q

 

[Doomer]

I dunno, room looks pretty average to me. I've seen worst.

 

[Mavrick007]

Heh About as neat as my room.. my advice, get a BIG closet!

 

[BlakkIce]

thanks guys my room isnt that bad

my responces

this is just my room downstairs i have a Runco DTV-1200 running in my theater and i have an order out for a 34in XBR HDTV
yes my mom knows about my room she doesnt come up here much thou
lol i dont have rats or roaches for that matter only think i leave laying around are pop cans

 

[Nate420]

The idea of placing the sub in your chair and walking around the room till you find where it sounds best, that's a great idea.

Lots of nice stuff layin around there man, I don't know how you can tolerate the mess though, I couldn't stand it. I guess I'm a bit of a neat freak.

 

[gsaldivar]

Clean ur room, mang.

 

[bbarnes]

With the sub under your desk you wont get as good as if it were way out in the open, but it still sounds good as long as the front is not blocked.