Placing a micro sub woofer.

[Rodrat]

I have Lithe ceiling speakers in our new kitchen with the matching sub woofer. I have to place the sub woofer on top of a kitchen tower unit to maintain marital bliss. At the moment just directly on the wood top. I have some headroom, is some form of shallow stand or plinth likely to tighten up the base? Just general advice as i appreciate you would have to be there.

 

[Mike Hanson]

Having it close to boundaries (top of cabinet, wall, ceiling) will emphasize the bass, but it could be boomy. Moving it away from those will make it leaner.

 

[stevec67]

You may also find that standing it on a piece of furniture makes the piece of furniture "boom". You can fix this with rubber feet, Blutak, a folded towel, etc.

 

[Subito]

You may also find that standing it on a piece of furniture makes the piece of furniture "boom". You can fix this with rubber feet, Blutak, a folded towel, etc.

Audiophile Rule #1—Never do something for free when you can buy a pricey accessory to accomplish the same objective:
https://auralex.com/subdude-ii/

 

[stevec67]

Audiophile Rule #1—Never do something for free when you can buy a pricey accessory to accomplish the same objective:
https://auralex.com/subdude-ii/

That's a far too moderately priced piece of MDF on foam rubber. Only $60? Pfft.

 

[mark.king]

Placing it on a cabinet or in a cabinet, the cabinet will act like a speaker. Isolation methods rarely work well. You really need to get it on something solid