Will that affect the sound or lifespan? Also, even though it says it's shielded, how close to the TV is still safe? Post OT and join the crowd! Ideally a subwoofer should be kept upright on a rigid surface like a floor and its ports should face the width of the room. In special cases, you may lay your subwoofer on its side, just make sure the speaker diaphram in case it is exposed and the bass reflex port faces a free air space.
To eliminate vibration noise, lay it on a thick cushion or rubber pad. Expect some noise at very high intensities. They might choose a driver orientation because of aesthetic reasons. Look at the SVS Pro line of subwoofers. While their sealed versions have slightly less output, the ported box front-firing and ported cylinder down-firing have identical sonic characteristics. They use the same driver and amp. The differences were aesthetic cylinder versus large box and for footprint cylinder has a smaller footprint but is taller reasons.
Not for any inherent differences in performance between the two different cabinet shapes. There are two problems that arise when you place a sub on its side. First, subs have feet. These feet usually are attached via threaded insert.
This means that if you remove the feet, you are creating multiple small ports. This will affect the performance of the sub as well as add a fun whistling sound whenever the sub operates. The solution is to attach the feet. This can draw attention to the fact that the sub is on its side. The second issue is that you now have to worry about how to decouple the sub from the floor.
This works nicely for box subs, but something like the SVS cylinders create more of an issue. In the end, remember that the sound that comes from your subwoofer interacts with your room before you can hear it. Want to place your subwoofer upside down? Have at it. You can learn more about Tom on his website, www. Front-firing subs must face toward the listening area. Putting it on its side so the speaker faces sideways, for instance, will greatly diminish the bass you will hear.
Setting up a front-firing sub like a down-firing subwoofer will greatly muffle your sound. On the one hand, the speaker is not calibrated for floor amplification. On the other hand, it likely does not hold the speaker above the floor to make amplification possible in the first place. They are intended to be placed around the same distance from the listening area as the rest of your speakers. Some TV consoles are wider than they are tall. Because of this, subwoofers sometimes fit inside these better when placed on their side.
It is basically impossible to put a down-firing subwoofer on its side and maintain the sound profile it was intended for. Down-firing subwoofers are intended to be close to the listening area, not a part of your TV console. Bass frequencies move slower and require more power to transmit.
As such, the placement and orientation of subwoofers are very important to your overall sound profile. Down-firing subwoofers can never be placed on their side. They are intended to use the floor to amplify the bass. Orienting them on their side will result in a disproportionate amount of bass being amplified through the air. Further, because they are intended to vibrate the floor, down-firing subwoofers may use a different frequency range than would typically be heard in a front-firing sub.
As a result, your sound may be warped if you put a down-firing sub on its side. In sum, yes in certain instances you can put a subwoofer on its side. If the subwoofer is front-firing, the subwoofer can be placed on its side. This is possible only if the speaker is facing the listening area.
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