Post by jdubs on Feb 26, 2014 9:42:51 GMT -5
Subwoofer set-up:
First, find a good place for your sub by doing the subwoofer crawl mentioned earlier in this thread.
Now, put your sub there and adjust the setting so it is crossed over higher than you want and is turned up louder than you want. Play a bass track (orchestral is best, I use Cosmo, Old Friend from the Sneakers Soundtrack). At first you are just looking for a lot of bass, not quality; you'll dial that in later. It helps to have someone adjust the setting while you sit and listen. At first, adjust phase until you get a lot of bass. Next, adjust position (pulling it away from the wall) until you get the most bass. Next, change the orientation until you get the most bass.
Once phase, orientation, and position is set you will start dialing it in for quality. Keep in mind your crossover is still turned up too high. First, turn down the crossover knob slowly until you hear a separation between the sub and speakers; then turn it up again (slowly) until it fattens up again (Some like to go ahead and turn the crossover all the way down, start from the bottom and find where it fattens first). The correct setting is in there somewhere. Don't worry about the number, you just want it to be high enough to fill in below your speakers, but not so high it overlaps; the number will be somewhere below where you speakers play down to because of slope. If you are patient, you'll find the sweet spot. Your sub is still turned up too high; Now turn it down slowly until it playing at a similar volume as your speakers.
You will need to listen to a variety of music that you are familiar with to dial it in completely and to your tastes. At this point, though, they will be very small adjustments to crossover and volume.
(If you are using an external crossover, you can still follow these steps! You just won't need to adjust your crossover knob.)
First, find a good place for your sub by doing the subwoofer crawl mentioned earlier in this thread.
Now, put your sub there and adjust the setting so it is crossed over higher than you want and is turned up louder than you want. Play a bass track (orchestral is best, I use Cosmo, Old Friend from the Sneakers Soundtrack). At first you are just looking for a lot of bass, not quality; you'll dial that in later. It helps to have someone adjust the setting while you sit and listen. At first, adjust phase until you get a lot of bass. Next, adjust position (pulling it away from the wall) until you get the most bass. Next, change the orientation until you get the most bass.
Once phase, orientation, and position is set you will start dialing it in for quality. Keep in mind your crossover is still turned up too high. First, turn down the crossover knob slowly until you hear a separation between the sub and speakers; then turn it up again (slowly) until it fattens up again (Some like to go ahead and turn the crossover all the way down, start from the bottom and find where it fattens first). The correct setting is in there somewhere. Don't worry about the number, you just want it to be high enough to fill in below your speakers, but not so high it overlaps; the number will be somewhere below where you speakers play down to because of slope. If you are patient, you'll find the sweet spot. Your sub is still turned up too high; Now turn it down slowly until it playing at a similar volume as your speakers.
You will need to listen to a variety of music that you are familiar with to dial it in completely and to your tastes. At this point, though, they will be very small adjustments to crossover and volume.
(If you are using an external crossover, you can still follow these steps! You just won't need to adjust your crossover knob.)
