Should You Put Your Subwoofer On The Floor

Now that s what we don t want from soundproofing as well as acoustic perspectives.

Should you put your subwoofer on the floor.

Now swap back by putting the subwoofer in the spot where the bass sounded best. If you put the subwoofer on the floor the vibrations will be transferred to it causing the floor to vibrate. Walk around the room until you find the place where the bass sounds best. For those with hardwood floors the use of floor spikes and protective discs under your sub will make a difference.

Don t ever put your speakers directly on the floor. Be careful here this is a huge energy producing source. Try placing your subwoofer in a corner and see how it sounds. 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.

If you want to spend more money you can also consider a dedicated subwoofer. From the soundproofing perspective any vibrations on the floor caused by the subwoofer will get transferred to adjacent rooms or the room below. These are omnidirectional meaning that they project in all. 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.

My advice would be let your ears be your guide. Don t worry too much about where you put your subwoofer. One good way of finding a place for your subwoofer is to swap places with it. Buy or make at least a short stand to protect your tech from an unexpected flood.

No you don t have to place subs directly on the floor. If you fly in the face of convension but achieve a great sound quality you are not wrong. If your speakers are small enough consider placing them on a desk shelf or console. A subwoofer placed in the corner of a room may increase the subwoofer s output causing the sub to sound louder.

Put them whereever you like. See it all the time i see it in corners. Today we re going to talk about how not to put your subwoofer on the floor. 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.

This way you can experience the sharpest possible acoustic imaging. Don t just set speakers directly on the floor unless they are floor standing tower speakers. Put the subwoofer right up where you sit and turn on some bass heavy music or a bass heavy movie soundtrack.