How to position a subwoofer

subwoofer is a very important weapon in an audiophile’s armoury in the pursuit of perfect sound. And yes — note we said ‘audiophile’ there, not home cinema fan. Subwoofers are, of course, an essential in a movie context — that ‘.1’ bass channel in a 5.1 or 7.1 or 9.1.4-channel home cinema isn’t going to reproduce itself. But subwoofers should not be discounted for use with stereo hi-fi loudspeakers either — in fact there are a great many hi-fi lovers who wouldn’t dream of listening without one. Nor are they just for filling in below the performance of small bookshelf speakers, though that’s probably their most common two-channel use. Because despite what their specifications might say, and their manufacturers might claim, very few hi-fi loud-speakers — even the largest floorstanding