Tagged: bass management

A subwoofer and a turntable sharing a room can turn a great pressing into mud. Here's how to place both so bass and vinyl actually get along.

Most budget subs sound worse the harder you push them because of built-in limiter behaviour, not the driver. Here's how to find the real ceiling.

A cheap subwoofer in the right spot will beat an expensive one shoved in the wrong corner. Here's how to find that spot without buying anything.

A 10-inch sub in two spots usually beats a 15-inch sub in one. Here's the room-mode maths behind why, and when a single big box still wins.

Modern streamers now carry crossover and room EQ duties that used to live in an AVR. Here's what that shift actually changes for your subwoofer.

The subwoofer crawl is a good starting point, not a finish line. Here's how I actually locate sub placement on real jobs, and when to trust the numbers instead.

Four subwoofers aren't about loudness. Here's what a properly configured multi-sub array actually fixes that two subs, EQ or a bigger single box never will.

Forget "sub crawl" folklore. Here's how to place a subwoofer using real in-room measurements, and why the corner is rarely the answer.

A second subwoofer often solves bass problems that EQ can't touch. Here's why multiple subs smooth response across a room, not just at one seat.

Ported subs and suspended timber floors don't always get along with a turntable. Here's how sealed vs ported bass actually behaves when vinyl is in the signal chain.

Most stereo listeners ignore bass management entirely, or get it badly wrong. Hannah Reid explains what it actually does, and why getting it right transforms your system.

DSP can fix room-driven bass problems no amount of placement tweaking will solve. Theo Mensah explains what the tools actually do and how to use them without making things worse.

Getting a subwoofer to truly disappear into your system is harder than it looks. Here's how to dial in level, phase and time alignment so the bass sounds like it's coming from everywhere and nowhere.

Crossover frequency, slope, and phase — Marcus Vale cuts through the confusion with measurement-backed advice on dialling in your subwoofer correctly.

Room modes wreck bass regardless of placement. Here's how to use DSP equalisation to actually fix the problem — and where it can't save you.

Running a single subwoofer is leaving bass performance on the table. Sofia Laurent explains the acoustic case for multiple subs — and how to do it properly.

Crossed over wrong, a subwoofer makes everything worse. Theo Mensah breaks down bass management, crossover settings and placement so your sub actually locks in.

Dirac's 3.14.1 and 3.14.3 releases retire the old DLCT and expand ART support. Here's what changed, why it matters, and what AU buyers need to know.

Dirac Live ART uses MIMO technology to let speakers work as a coordinated acoustic network, reducing low-frequency decay — and it's now in a $3,500 miniDSP unit. Here's what it means for AU buyers.