I’ve had traditional speakers like this since I was 16. I bought special brackets from Radio Shack to mount them on my living room wall almost 20 years ago. http://www.nrpavs.co.nz/archive09/Sold09_htm/Images/SansuiS-U880_lf_off_570x473_pixels.gif
For my bedroom. I got these for my laptop. I put up a very small speaker shelf on the two walls by the bed. I get great stereo effect lying in bed.
This sub-woofer I’m not sure about. I know the big hole on the side means it’s a “ported box” instead of a sealed one.
How much air space does that port need? Can it directly face a wall? 3 inchs, 6 inches, a foot away? My wife wants it snug in the corner. That only gives a couple inches. Too close?
I was talking to a young dude at working at Radio Shack. He said some subwoofers are designed to face directly into the corner. It’s supposed to turn the whole corner into a big speaker box. Was he correct? Or was he shitting me?
Is this subwoofer designed to be turned into a corner like that? That would mean the wires and heat fins would face into the bedroom. :dubious: Man my wife will really love that. :smack: I don’t want to sleep on the sofa.
How do you recommend turning a subwoofer like this? I assume it goes in a corner?
You should be able to snug that right into the corner. The sub should have a dial to adjust the level. Turn the level down to whatever you prefer. It will probably take a few tries before you get it just right for your tastes. Enjoy!
Logitech z2300s kick ass. The half dozen people I know with them all have them either on their desk or floor facing towards them. I don’t think the corner thing makes much sense since you’d probably just setup an interference pattern. I’m not an astrophysicist though.
I thought low bass frequencies were not terribly directional. I put my subwoofer under the desk without regard to position, and the left-right speakers to the side of my monitors. The subwoofer’s opening faces the floor, but it’s raised off it some by it’s feet.
True subwoofer frequencies are not directional. Once you start getting to much higher than 100 Hz though that starts changing, and it is pretty likely the subs in these computer speaker 2.1 systems are going to go probably all the way up to 200 Hz or more.
You don’t want the port right next to the wall, but it doesn’t need a whole lot of space, 6 inches is probably sufficient.
Room acoustics really affect the frequencies subwoofers are reproducing and as an extension of this where your sub is placed in the room will have a huge effect. When you place it in the corner it tends to amplify the subs output, but only at some frequencies. Corner placements are good if you want to fill a room with bass, but often leads to the muddiness the OP is complaining about. In essence the same room acoustics that are causing the signal to be amplified are also lengthening the signal.
If you don’t have limitations on where you can place your sub, one trick is to put the subwoofer in whatever chair or couch you will be listening in and then start crawling around the room. When you find the place in the room where the sub sounds best, that is where you should place it.
I’m pretty happy with the speakers. The sub-woofer is bulkier than I expected. It didn’t look all that big in the photo. I was visualizing 8x8x8. Instead it’s 11x15x11. In a bedroom that’s an issue. We’re making the best of it. Next time I’ll rely on the specs instead of a photo.
I keep my wireless laptop by the bed. It’s great finally having quality sound for music.
I almost bought these M-Audio’s. No separate sub to deal with. But they are pretty big and weigh 14lbs each.
