Subwoofer decision...

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Originally Posted by Sir Terrence

All rooms have resonant points that are excited based on where the speakers(or sub)are located. These resonant frequencies are determined by room deminsions. Any rooms who's deminsions are identical like the OP's will have these room modes and nodes stacked upon each other reinforcing their loudness, or cancellation. That room is not likely to have a very good spectal balance, nor a very good deep bass response.

When you load a subwoofer in a corner, you fully excite all room modes and nodes. Those modes or nodes along simular deminsions add and subtract from one another in parts of the room, and can create modes as much as 6-18dbs louder at some parts of the room than others. One seat can have a loud mode, 5" to the left or right could have a node. Move the subwoofer out of the corner, the modes and nodes are less excited(if at all) and you don't get the boom that a room mode create.

For loudest, smoothest bass the corner is the best place to locate a sub. When room deminsion are simular, its the worst place. Bass traps and EQ can help a corner placement, but relocating the sub away from boundaries would be much better.

thanks for the tip.

unfortunately the corner is my only option at the moment.