Subwoofer Placement

[wjefsoccer]

My room is very narrow and I'm wondering if I place my powered sub directly in front of my front speaker, can in damage my subwoofer? I know this not the ideal location, but the size of my room in limiting. Any advice would be appreciated.

I will also post in the audio section - I'm not sure which thread this fits under best.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Shouldn't hurt anything. Just don't put it in front of the tv since the subwoofer is probably not shielded.

[Sir Terrence]

Originally Posted by wjefsoccer

My room is very narrow and I'm wondering if I place my powered sub directly in front of my front speaker, can in damage my subwoofer? I know this not the ideal location, but the size of my room in limiting. Any advice would be appreciated.

I will also post in the audio section - I'm not sure which thread this fits under best.

Can you locate it near a wall? Subwoofers have to work alot harder to acheive Xspl when they are not assisted by wall support. This usually increases distortion, and a lack of low frequency support. Also the frequency response suffers because instead of a sub "seeing" a wall, and combining its output with it(and limiting late arriving reflections), you now are going to have a reflection pattern that can create dips and peaks in its output.