The shelves and draws are very.
Does the subwoofer have to be on the floor.
Does the subwoofer have to be on the floor.
Placing the subwoofer against the wall and on the floor you ve effectively doubled the reflection again.
Ideally i would like to place the sub on the bottom most shelf of a cabinet since all my walls are covered by shelves cabinets.
Also the bottom most shelf still has two draws below it would that interfere with the sound.
Subwoofers are less obtrusive than the sort of floor standing speakers with drivers big enough to pull off the same task.
The great thing about a subwoofer especially a wireless subwoofer is they can be situated almost anywhere on your floor space.
And it s truly your personal preference.
The most important thing is that it should be decoupled from the floor.
The subwoofer can handle all the low frequency bass sounds in a home theater.
Also subs have dedicated power on board lessening the strain on your a v.
Now if you place the subwoofer in the corner of the room it doubles again as you now have two walls and the floor to reflect off.
To find your satisfactory subwoofer sound start by hooking up the subwoofer and turning on music or a movie that has a lot of bass.
And since more often than not the subwoofer is the only speaker that physically sits on the floor the next question is what effect that surface whether it s carpet or hard flooring might have on the subwoofer s sound quality.
I plan on putting a home theater in my library.
We have a home theater situation we have all our subwoofers on the floor of the room.
We re pressurizing a big part of the room coupled to these actual structure itself.
Although many people have had this question there is no perfect answer.
But i m not suggesting that it should be elevated and kept halfway between the floor and the ceiling.
What this means is that the vibrations that are transferred from your subwoofer to the floor should be minimized.
Moving all of the bass sounds to the subwoofer gives your front speakers the ability to focus on mid and high range frequencies.
There is no formula for locating the best spot.
If you put a sub on the floor its reflection is the same as having two subs.