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Group together outdoors, spread around indoors [message #28288 is a reply to message #28284] Fri, 05 October 2007 23:43 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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The best placement for subs depends on where you are.

If outdoors or in a very large indoor arena, group the subwoofers together. If you can keep them close enough together (within 1/4λ), they'll act as a single acoustic source.

If indoors, spread them around to average the effect of room modes. Reflections make virtual sources that cause unavoidable cancellation nodes. But by spreading the subs, you can make the interference so dense that it tends to average the sound field throughout the room.


 
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