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Sub placement

Many speaker manufactures recomend placing the sub in your listening spot,then go around the room and find where it sounds the best. Where it sounds the best is where they say to put the sub. I have 2 foward firing subs. Does any one have any idea what direction I would place the sub when I find the spot? Has anyone had any luck with this method?
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martykl
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subs are omnidirectional. face the cones any way you like. if the method works for you, it will work without regard to the subwoofer driver orientation

Marty
martykl
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NVP,

Not IME. For the last 6 years, I've used a RTA to measure FR at the listening position. If the subs are in a good spot, I get good results irrespective of orientation. There may be small differences, but if you're setting up subs by ear, I wouldn't characterize the delta as significant.

Of course, different rooms and/or different ears might yield a different conclusion

Marty
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