Wish I had the luxury of sub placement. 
It goes in the corner next to right speaker. No other option in my small room.
Practical tips for setting up your subwoofer(s)
No doubt there are many guides about this topic. For me, the sub arrived with no instructions. I knew how to plug it in and what the dials meant. But I didn't have a formal introduction into how best to weave the sub into the soundstage. The following article is simple but offers expert advice on how to best set up your subwoofer(s). https://rel.net/blogs/learn-and-explore/field-notes-tuning-tips-to-steer-you-on-the-right-path?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-01-06_marketing.comms_product.education_consumer.usa.and.canada__set.up.support.emailer_no.test%20%28clone%29%20%28clone%29&utm_content=Tuning%20Tips%20blog&_kx=PVHewJ1q-u03hVd79wkrDyUAxUaWYgnK__H3hFiZFaU.JVhXmT
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If you have the space and the coin two subs always sound better than one. Not just more bass. Bigger soundstage, smoother bass response, better sound. Put each sub beside each main speaker, making sure the distance from the subs baffles to the listening seat is the same as the distance from the main speakers to the listening seat (to ensure both arrive in phase). |
Positioning is most of the battle won.... It’s never that great to put subs on the front stage. Try some positions like this....Hopefully your subs will take a XLR input, because they might need a longer XLR cable. Hide it under the rug or whatever... Try to get a reference point for excellent bass (determine what excellent bass sounds like), if there’s some dude’s setup near your house and he knows what’s going on....kinda hard to explain what you never heard. If done right, there will be a womb of bass and you’ll never know where your subs or speakers or anything is located...It will just feel like a womb of bass and music/instruments floating around in a 3 dimensional sphere.....gotta work on that envelopment.. If done really right...it should shut down your mind and the music should be all inside of ya, you whole body engulfed with it....the true goal is to shut down the audiophile’s foolish mind. You shouldn’t be able to know where the hell you are. You should disappear as well (like your speakers and subs did) and reach a state of nirvana.....
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@deep_333 Interesting placements. The subs in the back pull the soundstage toward the sweet spot. I’ll try the front two in the places you suggest. In the front the subs are normally either in the corners or, I saw one placement from Rel with the front left sub in the corner and the front right sub to the left of the front speaker. |
Those of us without any bass management or LFE have to take a slightly different approach. Here is my experience adding a subwoofer. Without any HPF to the mains a lower than normal sub LPF will integrate better with less overlap. Since there is already a slight latency with the use of the crossover filter I prefer not to add any more by using any additional DSP such as PEQ adjustments. I am lucky to have a dedicated listening room so can position the sub closer to the listening position than the mains are. In my case it's almost 2 feet closer as I have no way to adjust distances with the amplifier. I have tried many different crossover settings but always return to 45 hz as it blends well with my speakers and room. I have a second identical sub ordered, just awaiting the back ordered SB1000 Pro to finally ship. Here is my equipment list: Marantz PM8006, Denon DNP2000NE, XLO interconnects, Elipson 24F, SB1000 Pro (2), some diffusion and absorption in a 21'x24' room. |
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