Should You Put Your Subwoofer On The Floor

For those with hardwood floors the use of floor spikes and protective discs under your sub will make a difference.

Should you put your subwoofer on the floor.

Don t ever put your speakers directly on the floor. See it all the time i see it in corners. If you fly in the face of convension but achieve a great sound quality you are not wrong. 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 your speakers are small enough consider placing them on a desk shelf or console. 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. 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. Walk around the room until you find the place where the bass sounds best.

Now that s what we don t want from soundproofing as well as acoustic perspectives. Smaller speakers should be placed on stands or. If you put the subwoofer on the floor the vibrations will be transferred to it causing the floor to vibrate. This way you can experience the sharpest possible acoustic imaging.

However depending on your floor space a corner might not be a viable option for your subwoofer if it s too far from your listening area. These are omnidirectional meaning that they project in all. If you want to spend more money you can also consider a dedicated subwoofer. Put the subwoofer right up where you sit and turn on some bass heavy music or a bass heavy movie soundtrack.

Be careful here this is a huge energy producing source. Today we re going to talk about how not to put your subwoofer on the floor. Now swap back by putting the subwoofer in the spot where the bass sounded best. Try placing your subwoofer in a corner and see how it sounds.

From the soundproofing perspective any vibrations on the floor caused by the subwoofer will get transferred to adjacent rooms or the room below. 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. A subwoofer placed in the corner of a room may increase the subwoofer s output causing the sub to sound louder. No you don t have to place subs directly on the floor.

Don t worry too much about where you put your subwoofer. My advice would be let your ears be your guide. Put them whereever you like.