However depending on your floor space a corner might not be a viable option for your subwoofer if it s too far from your listening area.
Can a woofer be placed on carpet.
Well of course you can but chances are it won t sound very good.
For decoupling vibration pads can be placed beneath the shelf or cabinet so that minimum sound vibrations are transferred to the floor.
While a bare hard flooring can allow the deeper subwoofer sound waves to travel further without being dampened a carpet can help to balance the sounds in the room together better depending on where other speakers are placed.
Imho most all sub s are placed on carpeted floors and most are downward firing.
I have had my rel storm placed on the new carpet w spikes for several months.
The most popular spot for a car subwoofer is the trunk because of the room.
You can place a sub anywhere in the room.
The same rule of heaviness applies here.
A sub woofer moves air so placement is flexible.
Properly place a subwoofer on the carpet.
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It really depends on the room too.
As an experiment i obtained a 16 sq.
You can put a car subwoofer anywhere in your car but it is quite large so you are going to be looking for spots that are out of the way.
The sound has been ok but a little bit boomy for my taste.
If it s on a hardwood floor i d be worried that it would vibrate its way around the floor.
My rel sub is on carpet and fires down.
Basically it would move itself.
A bowers wilkins db1 subwoofer bowers wilkins the no.
A subwoofer placed in the corner of a room may increase the subwoofer s output causing the sub to sound louder.
Ceramic tile from home depot and put it under the sub.
A word of caution for placing subwoofers on tables cabinets or shelves.
Your gonna have to experiment a lot.
You can use the plastic or wooden stand under the woofer while placing it on the soft place.
If the subwoofer is front firing it can be placed on a shelf or in a cabinet.
Unless you have rubber feet keep the volume down.
You can place it simply in that place without using anything under it.
I was thinking that the carpet and pad were adversly affecting the output by absorbing some freqs and trying to compensate i was over driving the sub.