sub placement and phase settings

felipe
felipe Posts: 423
edited March 2014 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Hey all. I hooked up my old Polk psw110 sub to my 2ch system. Its placed on the right side of the setup, as I have my other sub for my HT setup on the left side. While fine tuning, I left the phase at 0 and the bass was very weak and localized. When I switched the phase to 180, the bass improved significantly.. and it created the effect that the bass is coming from the bookshelf's! The sub had dissappered!! I'm wondering if placement had a lot to do with that...b/c my HT sub which is on the left side has the phase set to 0. Any thoughts??
My Setup: Denon AVR X3600h, Polk Signature S50 Fronts w/ S30 Center and S15 Rears, LG UBK90 4K Player, TCL 6-Series 65”4k TV

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  • Inspector 24
    Inspector 24 Posts: 1,308
    edited March 2014
    Sounds like your ears are working :)

    That's not uncommon to experience. Try doing a subwoofer crawl test , that can reveal even more.

    Search the interwebs for how to do it. Tons of useful info.
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