LG TV Sound Bar - Subwoofer.

[Alaric]

I have just bought a sound bar which includes a subwoofer speaker. As
regards the positioning of this speaker, would its performance be affected
adversely if I position it on one of its sides as opposed to upright.

Alaric

[Pinnerite]

If a low frequency speaker is laying say on a carpet where a proportion of
the output would be absorbed by the carpet, it might but in practise it is
unlikely to. Mine is actually laying sideways but on the bottom glass shelf
of the table upon which a television used to stand.

Years ago, it was recommended that speakers should be inverted (turned
upside down) every so often to obviate the gravitational pull on the cone
and gradually distort it. I think I did it once and then forgot. :)

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[Andy Burns]

Pinnerite wrote:

> Years ago, it was recommended that speakers should be inverted (turned
> upside down) every so often to obviate the gravitational pull on the cone
> and gradually distort it. I think I did it once and then forgot. :)

A lot of subwoofers "fire" downwards so wouldn't suffer that problem.

[Roderick Stewart]

The theory behind subwoofers is that you can't tell where really low
frequencies are coming from (provided they're undistorted of course),
so it shouldn't matter where the speaker is.

The claimed advantage of this is that in a multi-speaker setup, only
one of them needs to be big enough to handle the low frequencies, and
as it can be placed anywhere, the sound system doesn't intrude so much
on the design of the room as if all the speakers had to be full-range.

The best way to judge whether you think this theory works is to
listen. If you can't tell the difference then it doesn't matter.

Rod.

[Jim Lesurf]

In article <p8SdnS8cncBYsTDJ...@brightview.co.uk>, Andy
Burns

AIUI part of the acoustic aligment of many subwoofers is that they *should*
face down into a controlled gap above carpet. Changing that may well change
behaviour. It also would affect 'leakage' of higher frequencies inc
harmonic distortion. How much change it makes, or if it matters, will
depend on the circumstances

Jim

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[Alaric]

"Alaric" wrote in message news:m8j723$nnm$1...@news.albasani.net...

Thank you to all of you who offered advice. It is much appreciated.

Alaric

[Brian Gaff]

I imagine it is a ported speaker, most of the small subs are with a port at
the back which means they need the port to be well clear of a wall. Without
knowing the dimensions its hard to tell. I thought most of these were one
integrated unit as wide as the tv to get better sound.
Brian

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