Should You Put Your Subwoofer On The Floor

Today we re going to talk about how not to put your subwoofer on the floor.

Should you put your subwoofer on the floor. Don t worry too much about where you put your subwoofer. Walk around the room until you find the place where the bass sounds best. 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. If you put the subwoofer on the floor the vibrations will be transferred to it causing the floor to vibrate.

See it all the time i see it in corners. If your speakers are small enough consider placing them on a desk shelf or console. Not only it produces energy but it produces low frequency energy which is very difficult to deal with in today s small rooms and volumes. From the soundproofing perspective any vibrations on the floor caused by the subwoofer will get transferred to adjacent rooms or the room below.

Buy or make at least a short stand to protect your tech from an unexpected flood. This way you can experience the sharpest possible acoustic imaging. Be careful here this is a huge energy producing source. However double check your speaker s manual as some models are designed so that they don t need to be angled for the best sound.

If you fly in the face of convension but achieve a great sound quality you are not wrong. If you want to spend more money you can also consider a dedicated subwoofer. One good way of finding a place for your subwoofer is to swap places with it. Put them whereever you like.

My advice would be let your ears be your guide. No you don t have to place subs directly on the floor. Put the subwoofer right up where you sit and turn on some bass heavy music or a bass heavy movie soundtrack. Try placing your subwoofer in a corner and see how it sounds.

Don t just set speakers directly on the floor unless they are floor standing tower speakers. If your home theater room is carpeted you ll probably have an easier go of figuring out the speaker system that you otherwise might in a hard floor room. Now swap back by putting the subwoofer in the spot where the bass sounded best. These are omnidirectional meaning that they project in all.

Don t ever put your speakers directly on the floor. For those with hardwood floors the use of floor spikes and protective discs under your sub will make a difference. Now that s what we don t want from soundproofing as well as acoustic perspectives.