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BrianG · 02.25.2008, 01:38 PM

For proper sub placement (or rather, what sounds best to you), a common trick is to put the sub where you normally would sit, play some music at the volume/bass setting you'll be normally listening at, and then walk around the room and see where it sounds best. Once you find the right spot (assuming it is physically possible), put the sub there. Generally, room corners will amplify the bass (standing waves), but tends to sound boomy and not well defined. Some people like this, others don't.

Don't skimp on amp power. It's better to play 300-400w through a 200w sub if the signal is clean, than to play a distorted 200w through a 200w sub. An amp will theoretically double it's output power during full clip, and the speaker has a hard time to respond to such a sharp signal ramp (clipped sine-wave looks like a square wave) so it has less back-EMF to reduce the current flow. Also, the headroom from higher power is nice to have. Better to have it and not use it, than to need it and not have it. I've been running a "clean" 600w rms through a 300w rms sub in my car for over 4 years now and it still sounds perfect.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	02.25.2008, 01:38 PM For proper sub placement (or rather, what sounds best to you), a common trick is to put the sub where you normally would sit, play some music at the volume/bass setting you'll be normally listening at, and then walk around the room and see where it sounds best. Once you find the right spot (assuming it is physically possible), put the sub there. Generally, room corners will amplify the bass (standing waves), but tends to sound boomy and not well defined. Some people like this, others don't. Don't skimp on amp power. It's better to play 300-400w through a 200w sub if the signal is clean, than to play a distorted 200w through a 200w sub. An amp will theoretically double it's output power during full clip, and the speaker has a hard time to respond to such a sharp signal ramp (clipped sine-wave looks like a square wave) so it has less back-EMF to reduce the current flow. Also, the headroom from higher power is nice to have. Better to have it and not use it, than to need it and not have it. I've been running a "clean" 600w rms through a 300w rms sub in my car for over 4 years now and it still sounds perfect.