4. Figures A & B below highlight how bass output is generally affected by room placement. When seated
in a typical listening area of your room, placing the subwoofer inside the “shaded” areas will typically
result in best bass performance. Corner placement provides the most bass, but at the expense of
accuracy. A subwoofer placed near a wall usually provides a good balance of quantity and accuracy.
Controls on the back panel of your subwoofer are provided to align your subwoofer’s output to the
other speakers in your system, see section below on “Fine Tuning.”
Placement Inside a Cabinet Or Cavity
The ForceField subs, because of their unique low-frequency radiation properties, can be placed inside a cabinet
or cavity and still provide excellent in-room performance. Just be sure to leave at least 2 inches of clearance on
the front of the subwoofer.
The Advantage of Using Two Subwoofers
Although a single GoldenEar ForceField subwoofer provides exceptional performance and substantial output,
the quality and quantity of bass can be further improved with the use of two (or even four) subwoofers. This
allows you to randomize the standing waves within your listening room so that bass will be distributed in a more
uniform manner. Two (or more) subwoofers also provide even lower distortion, especially at high output levels.
The extra care you take in correctly positioning the subwoofer will result in greater listening enjoyment. So, keep
the following guidelines in mind when deciding on the best subwoofer placement:
Placing Two Subwoofers in Your Listening Room
GoldenEar’s ForceField subwoofers are engineered to be used singly or in stereo pairs. With a single subwoofer,
both left and right signals are combined (either at the subwoofer or at the receiver/processor). With stereo
subwoofers, the left and right low frequency signals can be reproduced by their own individual subwoofers.
The use of one subwoofer achieves outstanding performance; however, the addition of a second subwoofer
(one for the left and one for the right channel) clearly offers the highest level of performance achievable for
both movies and music. Two subwoofers also couple much better to the air in your room (four times better) and
of course offer double the power.
6
Corner Placement Should Be Avoided
Place in Shaded Areas for Best Performance
A
B
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