I have a home theatre setup, where, when I sit facing the screen, my equipment rack comes to the right side of me, just next to the seats. I have placed my subwoofer between the equipment rack and the right side wall.
Now the problem-
The distance of my subwoofer from the listening position is around 2 metres (if measured in a straight line). There is my equipment rack in this path and while sitting the subwoofer is not even visible because of this. When I use automatic setup with a microphone, I get a distance of 7 metres (I suspect that this is after a bounce from some wall). Is there some other way to calculate for this kind of sub placement?
I don't want to change the sub position as this placement gives me the best low frequency response, with no smearing, tight, and without any boom. The listening position also has to remain the same. The subwoofer is a front firing, ported design.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
2007-12-26
14:40:33
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3 answers
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Shivam
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Consumer Electronics
➔ Home Theater
My subwoofer works from 60 Hz and below. I know that at these frequencies, it's almost impossible to point to the source (George Lucas had correctly put the value at 80Hz below which the location becomes hard to identify). The location obviously doesn't matter much. However I am asking since the receiver requires a distance to be entered for the proper setup of delays (this is to get the best sound effect.) and in the distance setup the subwoofer distance is also to be entered. To clarify my question further - What should I enter as the distance for my subwoofer ?
I am not bothered about Stereo since for audio purposes I have a dedicated system. This one is just for video.
2007-12-26
23:38:26 ·
update #1