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Making Better Bass, Part 3: The Failed Dual-Subwoofer Experiment

Josh Zyber — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:00:29 +0000

I recently went to a lot of trouble getting the best bass response from one subwoofer. In theory, adding a second subwoofer could improve my results even further. Not the way I did it, unfortunately. As I recounted in previous posts, I found the Room EQ Wizard software to be an invaluable tool for seeing...

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Poll: What Size Is Your Subwoofer?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:00:53 +0000

In case you hadn’t noticed from recent posts here, I’ve had bass on my mind a lot lately. In previous polls, I asked how many subwoofers you have and what type they are. Let’s get right to the next obvious question: How big’s your sub? Subwoofer sizes are typically measured by the diameter of their...

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Poll: What Type of Subwoofer Do You Have?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:00:24 +0000

As part of our recent focus on subwoofers and making better bass, we asked last week how many subwoofers you have in your home theater. Now I’d like to know what type of subs you use: sealed, ported, or cylinder? If you’re not familiar with the differences between these types of subwoofers, I unfortunately don’t...

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Making Better Bass, Part 2: Subwoofer Phase

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:00:43 +0000

In my quest to improve bass response in my home theater, first I had to move the location of my subwoofer. After that, I found myself doing something I’d never paid much attention to in the past: adjusting the subwoofer’s phase knob. Technically, it wasn’t a knob I used. The SVS SB-4000 doesn’t actually have...

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Making Better Bass, Part 1: The Inordinate Frustration of Subwoofer Placement

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:00:57 +0000

Achieving good bass response is by far the most difficult part of setting up any home theater audio system and the solution is rarely as simple as buying a big or powerful subwoofer. Finding the right spot in the room to put that subwoofer can make a world of difference. Ironically, a bigger sub may...

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Can Nothing in Home Theater Ever Be Easy?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:00:03 +0000

As happens far too often, a recent change I made that was supposed to be a small, simple tweak to my home theater equipment wound up turning into a much more involved project and a major time-suck. At the end of it, I know a lot more about acoustical problems in my room, but I...

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Choosing the Right Subwoofer for Home Theater

Josh Zyber — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:00:18 +0000

For as many changes as I’ve made to my home theater over the past couple years, I always manage to find something new that needs fixing or updating. In recent months, I’ve felt that my subwoofer was inadequate and the time had finally come to upgrade to a more capable model. With that decision made,...

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