How to Set Up & Calibrate a Subwoofer | Home Theater Design Series
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Adding a subwoofer to your home stereo system or home theater system can make a huge improvement in your sound if you know how to properly position the subwoofer and adjust all of the settings. If you are willing to spend just a little bit of time learning how to set up a subwoofer the right way, the addition can transform your system. You might get lucky if you just plop it down, turn it on, and everything winds up perfect, but odds are you’ll need to play around with placement and adjustments to get ideal results.
Be sure to find the correct placement for your subwoofer before setting it up and calibrating it. We can help you with that step here: audioadvice.io...
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Thank you Scott for breaking it down even farther and clarifying everything!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Very good advice. This is about as thorough an explanation as I've seen on UA-cam. Thanks again Scott!
Thanks for watching Marty!
Scott, Thank you for giving away such good info. By giving away all of the information that you and your company proves that Audio Advice is concerned about helping everyone bring up the level of enjoyment with their systems and not just the profits of the company. Again, thank you Scott and Audio Advice team!
As far as low frequency set-up, management and control goes - It's like fighting a 500 pound gorilla. I have found that sub position (including height from floor), timing to the other speakers and the audio source (music, movies and tones) makes for quite a battle to find that "happy medium" for best overall low frequency enjoyment. I have had to learn to accept that not all recordings/sound tracks are made equally and trying to adjust for each piece of media is an endless maze. I'm hoping to find the best average soon so I might and I mean might be able finally sit down and enjoy the system.
Thanks!
Great video. Clear and concise.
Glad it was helpful!
very informative thx you.
Glad it was helpful!
I always assumed that the AV Receivers Calibration software such as Audassy did all this automatically? You simply just place the microphone in your sitting position and let it do the calibration? Then sit and enjoy the movie?
They are pretty automatic these days, but we find most get the distances off by quite a bit and its best to go in and adjust those, and not everyone has a receiver with room correction, especially people using subwoofers in a 2 channel system. Thanks for watching
Can we mix and match Inwall Sub and a floor standing subs in opposite ends?
Yes as long as you can adjust the level and phase of each one. Thanks for watching
How did it take until July of 2021 for someone to post a subwoofer video this useful?! What did the world do before this?!! Thank you Audio Advice!
Thanks very much! We decided to start putting out videos on all the home theater tips we have learned as a company in the 44 years we have been in business. We have plenty more coming! Thanks for watching
Thanks for the great tutorial guys!
One question, my I have a Polk sub connected to a Denon via LFE. The sub only has a crossover pass turning knob (40-160) but there is now way to bypass. Do I turn the knob to 80 of 160? 3:38
That is very odd there is not a bypass, normally the RCA inputs have a little switch above them to bypass the sub crossover. Start at 80 and test
Question: I just purchased Anthem's MRX1140 and Klipsch Forte iv's from Audio Advice. I'm running 2.2 with dual svs sb3000's. Should I cross over with 10hz overlap between main speakers and subs with 24 octave slope? What would you recommend for crossing over this setup?
Josh- thanks for your support of Audio Advice, that is a great setup! Great question- you should probably try between 80-40Hz in 10 Hz increments. Probably no overlap, and use the 24dB slope. Be sure and run the SVS sub calibration before Anthem ARC.
@@AudioAdvice Perfect thank you!!
Do you advise a y splitter for subs from the amp to both the inputs in the sub?
It is not really necessary.
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Thanks for watching!
Witch scale of your sound meter do you use db(a) db(b) or db(c)?
C and Slow
THIS WAS FANTASTIC INFO!!!!!!!!!!!
We are glad it was helpful
My subwoofer doesn’t have bypass. How do I go about it
If it does not have a bypass input, you should just set your main speakers to cross over at 80 Hz and set the subwoofer crossover to 80 Hz. Thanks for watching
That would have two crossovers in a row which will cause loses or gaps in the bass response. Instead, set the subwoofer dial to its highest crossover and set the speakers to 80hz crossover. This will make your bass sound accurate and punchy!
@@CHRISTOPHER-fq9gq YES. This is the way.
Hello! Great video!
I Have a Yamaha Rx- A1080 Receiver with Dual Svs Sb-2000 pros, The Yamaha has 2 Sub outputs but I ran 1 interconnect from Output #1 to Input (LFE ) then Out from Sub to Input (LFE). My Question is that when I'm calibrating with YPAO or any manual calibrations, are both Subs Calibrating with Receiver?
Thank you, yes, they would be both calibrated with the receiver
Totally unorthodox, but I want to use by car subwoofers for my home theater system. I have x2 12'' subs with a rockford amp. How should I go about setting this up regarding calibration? Are there any external devices I could use?
Yes, we have virtually zero knowledge on car audio components. You'll need a way to power the amp and get the audio into it, then everything else should be similar in terms of set up.
Absolutely Wonderful Information Scott.
I just got my 2nd SVS SB-4000 and along with The AVM70, which yet to be calibrate. I guess I have a ton of work ahead. 😉
Truly Appreciate All of Your Content.
Thanks a million to Audio Adice👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
Great to hear! Thanks for your support!
So you said speakers SPL should be around 75 decibels. At what volume should this test be performed? I have a Yamaha reciever.
That will depend on your setup. It is best to use an SPL meter app on your phone and turn up your volume until you hit 75 decibels on the SPL meter.
What is the ideal range for low pass in the range 80-160? Help! How do we know what frequency to keep?
We usually start at 80hz and experiment up and down a tiny bit from there. Thanks for watching
@@AudioAdvice Keeping it in the range of 100-110 in subwoofer is better?
I have a polk psw 10.
Ok, you say with a test tone all speakers should be set at 75db? What volume level should the receiver be set at in order to then set the speakers to 75db
Great question! Let's have a quick conversation about your setup. Please feel free to reach out to one of our surround sound experts in chat at audioadvice.io/aa-chat so we can help you sort out the best answer. Thanks for watching!
set volume to 0 db this is supposedly reference level then set speaker levels to 75 db
Well explained..... Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! I learn a lot watching this. Keep it up!
Glad to hear it!
Great tips
Thanks!
I don’t have a zero on my low phase crossover so where do I set it at ?
If you have no phase control there is nothing you can do other than try changing the distance in your AVR to blend it better. Thanks for watching
I do have a phase Control it goes down as low as 40 and it goes past that I think thats zero and I have the volume control on the subwoofer to 12 o’clock thank you for your advice on your UA-cam channel it’s very educational I just had a brain fart I think I figured it out lol
@@CMSKA1 That actually sounds more like your crossover control. Usually phase controls are either 0 or 180 or a range in between. Hope this helps, glad you enjoy our videos!
@@AudioAdvice i’m sorry I’m looking behind the subwoofer right now and it’s a low pass crossover Control it goes up to 150 The subwoofer is definitive technology pro sub 600
@@CMSKA1 No worries, that is your crossover, so just use your AVR distances to adjust.