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Need some help. Problem:bass suckout at 40-55Hz. Usual speaker placements like one-third into room don't seem to help. Room dimensions:19x14x10 feet. Speakers: Guarneri. Bookshelves behind seating position, light curtains on opposite wall behind speakers. Grateful for any advice. Jawhar.
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Dear Joe,
Thanks for responding. Speakers are at 75 ins from wall behind them, i.e. about one-third into room which measures 228 ins long. I sit 32 ins from opposite wall, or 196 ins from wall behind speakers. Room width 166 ins. Floor carpeted. I have tried moving closer to speakers but suckout prevails there too. Hope I am not causing you too much trouble. Thanks indeed for taking the time. Regards, Jawhar.
Hi,I have a similar room to you and always have uneven distribution of bass around the room (and it should occur for every untreated room, I think). The only way for me to get the satisying bass performance is to sit right against the back wall. But I eventually chose to sit about 1 - 2 feet from the back wall to get the best bass + imaging + soundstaging.
By the way, I found that moving yourself (listening position) is more effective than moving the speakers. If I am sitting at the antinode, I always get a suckout at a certain frequency regardless of where the speakers are placed.
Now after I bought the Audio Physic Virgo, I put the speakers along the long wall as recommended, and seems to have a more even response.
Hope this helps.
Thanks. I think you have a point. The closer I get to the wall the more bass I hear, but like you I don't like that position very much.I have temporarily resolved the problem by keeping my Guarneris at 75 ins, but placing a Gravis subwoofer which I happen to have against the wall behind them. The Gravis fills the vacuum between 40-55Hz, and more of course, but this arrangement seems to be the best under the circumstances.
Thought I could share this with you, and with Joe Murphy. Regards. Jawhar
Hi, this was actually what I did once in the past - using a Mirage subwoofer. However, I only used one subwoofer and I could not get it to work properly to give a coherent sound, and I finally prefer without the subwoofer and get a comprise in bass vs soundstaging. If you can get the subwoofer to work well, I think it is a great solution . At the end of the day, this is what a subwoofer is supposed to do - allow you to put the main speakers at the position that gives you the best treble + midrange and soundstaging etc, while you can put the subwoofer at a place that gives best bass performance.Good luck.
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