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SONANCE CABINET SUBWOOFERS
Subwoofer Placement
As with any speaker, your Sonance Cabinet Subwoofer’s performance will be influenced by its placement in your listening
room. However, since our ears don’t hear directional sound at deep bass frequencies, your subwoofer’s placement is not
as critical to its overall performance as is the placement of your system’s other speakers. Therefore, your subwoofer will
deliver superior performance from a wide variety of room locations. The following guidelines — plus some experimentation —
will help you get the very best performance possible from your subwoofer in your listening room.
Placing the subwoofer as close as possible to the same plane as your main (left & right) speakers will help your subwoofer’s
sound properly blend with the sound from your main speakers, creating a solid, integrated soundstage that enhances the
impact of music and films. We suggest starting with the subwoofer in line with your left & right speakers, somewhere
between either speaker and the side wall (see
Figure 1
).
Your subwoofer’s
location relative to
walls will influence
the amount of bass it
produces — placing
the subwoofer next to
a wall will increase
bass output; placing
it in a corner will
maximize its bass
output. However,
corner placement can
increase standing
waves in the room
(peaks and dips in bass
response related to the
room’s dimensions)
that can make the
subwoofer’s bass
performance sound
uneven at different
listening locations. Experiment with different subwoofer locations until you find one that produces strong bass that sounds
clear (without boominess) at the seating locations while maintaining the sound’s impact. Your local authorized Sonance
dealer is an expert in audio/video system planning and installation. We strongly recommend that you work with your dealer
to ensure that you get the best performance possible from your subwoofer.
NOTE: These subwoofers can produce enough bass energy to cause objects in the room to rattle or
buzz during passages with very strong bass. If this happens, try relocating the items. If that fails to
stop the rattling you may have to remove the items.
Figure 1: Start with the Subwoofer Located Between a Main Speaker and the Side Wall