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How to Get the Best Performance from Your Subwoofer

How to Get the Best Performance from Your Subwoofer

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This article explains how to adjust a subwoofer for optimal sound performance. To get the best performance from your subwoofer, there are three important points: placement, connections, and subwoofer settings.

Here's an easy way to make your subwoofer sound better

Finding the right spot for a speaker is essential, whether it’s a tweeter or a subwoofer. Subwoofers, however, can be trickier to position correctly. Follow these basic instructions to find the right spot for your subwoofers, and keep in mind that extension cords may be needed. And just because a subwoofer looks good in one place doesn’t mean it’ll sound good there.

Here are some general positioning tips:

Depending on the make and model, there may be more than one way to connect a subwoofer to a sound system. For example, it may have left/right (stereo), "line in," or "sub input" connections. If a cable crosses other wiring, do your best to cross them at a 90-degree angle. In general, there are two ways to connect a subwoofer to a stereo or home theater system.