Sunday, February 26, 2012

Home Theater Subs For Home Entertainment

By Jackson Everett


Subwoofers come to be more and more important to your home theatre experience. By looking at the film theatre, you marvel not simply at the images projected on the cinema screen, while the sounds emanating near you. What really grabs you, though, is the sound you actually feel; the strong bass that rumbles you up and gets you in the middle of your gut. A complex speaker, referred to as a subwoofer, is mainly responsible for this experience. The bass speaker was developed simply to reproduce the lowest of audible frequencies.

Passive Sub woofers Passive subwoofers are fueled by an external amplifier, within the same fashion as other types of speakers in your system. The key consideration at this point is that since extreme bass needs more power to reproduce low frequency sounds, your amplifier or receiver should be competent to output enough power to uphold bass effects within the sub woofer without killing the amp. Just how much power depends upon what's needed from the speaker and the size of the room (and exactly how much bass you can stomach!).

Powered Subwoofers In order to resolve the circumstance of inadequate power or other characteristics that might be lacking in a receiver or amplifier, powered sub woofers are self contained speaker/amplifier units while the characteristics of the amplifier and sub woofer are optimally harmonized. As being a side benefit, all a powered subwoofer needs is known as a line output from a receiver. This arrangement needs a lot of the power load away from the amp/receiver and allows for the amp/receiver to power the mid-range and tweeters with less effort.

Front-Firing and Down-Firing Bass speakers Front-firing sub woofers make use of a speaker mounted so that it radiates the sound within the front or side of the sub woofer enclosure. Down-firing sub woofers make use of a speaker thats generally mounted so that it radiates downward, on the floor.

Ports and Passive Radiators Some subwoofer enclosures also have an additional port, which pushes out more air, boosting bass response within a more effective manner than sealed enclosures. Another type of enclosure runs on the Passive Radiator along with the speaker, rather than a port, to enhance efficiency and preciseness. Passive radiators either can be speakers having the voice coil removed, or else a flat diaphragm.

Crossovers The crossover is often an electronic circuit that tracks all frequencies below a specific point to the bass speaker; all frequencies above that point are duplicated to the main, centre, and surrounding speakers. Typically, a good subwoofer incorporates a "cross-over" frequency close to 100hz. Gone is the requirement for those large 3-Way speaker systems with 12" or 15" woofers. Smaller satellite speakers, optimized for mid-to-high frequencies, that occupy significantly less space and therefore are now common in numerous home theater systems.

Deep Bass is Non-Directional Aside from that, because the deep bass frequencies reproduced from the subwoofers are non-directional (as frequencies which are at or below the threshold of hearing). It's very difficult for our ears to actually pin-point the direction the location where the sound is coming from. Thats why we can only sense that an earthquake appears to be all around us, rather from coming from a particular direction.

Sub woofer Placement Caused by the non-directional sound that's reproduced by way of the subwoofer, it could be placed any where in your theater room. However, the best possible results depend upon room size, furnishings, wall construction and floor type. Typically, best placement for a sub woofer is by the front of your room, simply to the right or left of the main speakers, or even in a front corner of your room.

In Conclusion Despite the many technical features and design components of subwoofers, the type of bass speaker you ultimately choose for your personal system relies on the characteristics of your room and your own preferences.




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