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Author Topic: Elevating my sub? Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-26-2011 10:13 PM                    Ok, questions for all the experts on here. My TV and speakers sit about 4.5 to 5 feet off the ground. I want to elevate my subwoofer about half way or more. Is there pros? Cons? Pointless? Good idea? Inventive  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-26-2011 11:16 PM                        Your sub should sit on the floor if possible. I think you would notice a decrease in bass if you lift it off the floor. If you want even more bass than you're getting now, put the sub on the floor in a corner.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-26-2011 11:32 PM                     The only reason to lift it is to please your neighbours in a condo building.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-27-2011 02:08 AM                        Just get more subs.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-27-2011 05:21 AM                        Tom, if you are thinking it will improve bottom end? Just the opposite, as Mike said. Floor is better, corner postion is even better than that. Lots more of them is the best of all, as Joe said. My axiom about subs -- there is no such thing as too many subs. Now if this is a "neighbor" issue, then invoke the Golden Rule of Apartment Dwelling: "Hey, bub, you pay rent for your apartment....you do what you want in your apartment; I pay rent for my apartment.... I do what I want in my apartment."  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-27-2011 07:21 AM                        "Make her sit on the floor!" Louis  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 03-01-2011 11:44 AM                        Your sub was designed to sit on the floor at the distance its built-in feet allow, so I think you're good on that front. Like the others have said, placing a sub near a corner will reinforce its frequencies, but possibly at the risk of boominess. The good thing is that experimentation is easy. The type of floor you have the sub on will also impact how much sound it will transmit. I think the ideal situation would be a stiff hardwood floor built on floor joists, which would allow the floor to reinforce the bass in a pleasing way. However, that introduces quite a few variables, and sound engineers don't like unknown variables. Some people with dedicated home theaters in basements with concrete floors have built raised subfloors, specifically to get rid of the sound deadening that can come from the concrete material. The problem with that is then the floor becomes part of the device, so unless you do it just right, the results may not be what you want. Probably the best increase in sound quality can come from adding a second subwoofer. You'll be moving more air, plus you'll have two sources, which will even out some of the room issues that may be playing with the sub's frequencies. One suggestion I've heard works in respect to sub placement is to place the sub in the room where you will be sitting, and then move around the room with your head near the floor until you find the position were the sub sounds the best. Now place the sub there, and you have your sweet spot.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-03-2011 10:51 AM                        quote: Scott Jentsch place the sub in the room where you will be sitting, and then move around the room with your head near the floor until you find the position were the sub sounds the best. And Tom, when you're moving around the room with your head near the floor, be sure to have somebody with a videocam nearby so you can put it on Youtube.  |  IP: Logged

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