speaker placement for best bass.. how far away from wall?

blkmax98c

so whats the deal here with the wall spacing... i remember reading something about it a long time ago, but i forget what i read. i have them place about 2 feet away from my wall right now. the reason i did this is because i wanted them to be flush with my big screen. my tv is is 26 inches deep an i think it would look silly if i recessed my speakers that much. i have the polk rti100's with the build in sub. any comments or suggestions? thanks

Chris

JohnnyCanEHdian

Not sure what exactly the best spacing from the wall would be, but i did read that the best place for your sub is in the corner of a room, although there wasn't much of a reason given.

Anyone know what the benefits of this are?

polkatese

Is your sub sitting in the corner, Chris?
The trick with sub placement is to "lock" in the position in which it produces the loudest. In the corner placement, what I did (based on setup instructions provided by the manufacturer, REL) is to move the sub away from the corner incrementally until it locks. Any placement beyond the locked point will produce less sound. It varies from about 10" to 1 ft, rarely go beyond that. Of course YMMV...hope it helps

blkmax98c

well i do not have a sub hooked up right now... the subwoofer i was refering to is the built in subwoofer. on the polk rti100 speakers they have built-in 6 1/2 powered subs. the manual did not say anything about placement for best bass.

but on a side note... the reason why they want you to put the sub in a corner is this: when a sub moves back and fourth it makes sound waves. if the sub is against a corner it will resonate these wave more then if it just in an open spot. hope that helps.

chris