“Can a purchaser please comment on placing the subwoofer, as Vizio recommends, next to the listening couch? I would think this might give unpleasant experiences.”
Answer This Question
1-5 of 5 Answers
So the sub location is kind of a mixed bag in my opinion. If your on a couch in a living room and you're able to place the sub behind the main listening position, I think you will be happy! However.... in my experience, I bought this system for my bedroom and therefore had to place the sub against the back wall next to my bed in order to have the rear satellite speakers placed at the rear of my room. The sub for movies did a good job of dissapearing into the soundtrack with only minimal localization. But.... for news or watching a football game, the system uses the sub to help fill in the deeper bass of voices and boy oh boy was I able to localize the bass from the sub coming from left rear while watching the TV in front of me. It drove me nuts! I'm probably more sensitive to that then others may be however so take my opinion for just that, an opinion. My answer was to relocate the sub to the front wall next to the dresser where my TV is placed and wow... a drastic improvement! Now bass is localized to the front soundstage rather then feeling disconnected from the soundbar. No more hearing bass coming from my left rear and all other sound anchored to the TV. The negative to this approach however is I now had to rotate the rear surround satellites to the front right next to the soundbar. Luckily, the vizio is great at giving a wide Soundstage and I was still impressed at the soundbara ability to provide a pseudo surround effect even with the surround speakers placed up front.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The subwoofer can be placed where you would like it, within the range of the sound bar. The most recommended place is next to or behind your favorite seating location because you will then be able to feel the bass vibrations which helps add to the immersion of the experience.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Your hearing will not be able to tell exactly where the sub is. It's not like the mid-range and tweeters
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.hi robert i have my subwoofer next to my couch sounds amazing you will really enjoy this sound bar
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Low pitch bass sounds do not travel as far as treible. The large ebb and flows of the sound waves crash into everything in its path. Quite possibly the most exciting and authentic feature of a good sound system is a base that you can feel as it crashes into you. Just think of the last time you've been to the movies, especially an action movie and you could feel the floor rumble. As far as sound goes, it will not overwhelm or overtake the primary sound from your five to 7 other speakers. In fact, if you also have a system in the bedroom, I would go further and recommend that you put the base under the bed. Then your talking real Atmos. 360 sound should be 360.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.