Distributed Bass Array configuration

What about this:

Subwoofer Placement – No, You Can’t Put it Anywhere | News & Views | Ohm Speakers | Custom Audiophile Speakers for Music & Home Theater

Decades ago I was a partner in Audio Tweakers, Plantation, FL

We did a big 2 day event inviting local audio club

We were promoting Nearfield Pipedream speakers and had the 18s + 2 subwoofers in an awesome converted garage. George Bischoff was there representing Nearfield and set them up.  His sub placement was not good at all. Judd Barber (Joule Electra) was in the room with me when I asked George about the sub placement. He replied, it doesn't matter, as sub bass is non directional. When he left the room I moved them until they integrated. Judd looked at me and said WOW, I never knew otherwise.

hth

doogiehowser " I see you have been here a long time. Perhaps too long and have been brainwashed to accept anecdotal reports and poorly implemented experiments as fact."

No I conduct my own research, experiments, and explorations you do not know who you are talking to hear you might want to read some of my prior posts.

"We obviously have a different definition of the word fact"

No there is only one definition of the word fact it is true it is immutable it is not open to debate and you will have to accept it (or look very silly in the process!!)

"but feel free to keep using yours"

I do not need your approval, permission, or acceptance to post here no one does this group is governed by moderators


"I would highly encourage you to research the vast amount of facts (real facts) regarding localization of low frequencies."


I encourage you to do your own research on this topic it is so easy to prove that 100 hz bass is localizeable.

There are circumstances under which a pure 80 Hz tone can be localized and circumstances under which it cannot. Outdoors or under anechoic conditions, yes. In a home-audio-sized listening room, very unlikely. This is because the reflections start arriving before the ear has time to distinguish the first-arrival sound. But notice that I specified a "pure" tone - no additional energy north of 80 Hz.

There are conditions under which a subwoofer crossing over at 80 Hz can readily be localized. Crossover filters are not brick walls, nor do they attenuate the driver’s inherent harmonic distortion (because it occurs after the crossover), and both of these can result in audible and localizable energy north of the crossover frequency. Also if the output from the subwoofer arrives before the output from the main speakers, the subs are more likely to be heard as separate sound sources. And of course if the main speakers are turned off, the subs are far more likely to become localizable at some volume level because any (virtually inevitable) energy they pass north of 80 Hz will not be masked.

If the subs must be crossed over up high, and/or if they have a gentle lowpass filter slope (1st or 2nd order), probably best to keep them near the mains or at least make sure the output from the mains arrives first.

Imo, ime, ymmv, etc.

Duke