A good subwoofer can transform your home theater or stereo setup, but even the best sub won’t perform well if it’s in the wrong place. Bass frequencies behave differently than midrange or treble—they ...

Once you have your subwoofer positioned properly in your room, it's time to connect it to your A/V receiver. There are two possible ways of doing this: Line level connection – using unbalanced RCA ...

Your subwoofer sounds better in some spots than others. But, how do you find where it performs best? Use the “Subwoofer Crawl” trick to improve the sound of your sub for no cost. When people first get ...

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Powerful bass is an important part of any well-rounded sound system. Without it, movies and TV shows can ...

When you invest in a proper surround sound system for your home cinema, the first thing you might notice is how much more immersive it is, as sound effects swirl around you with pinpoint accuracy. The ...

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When you think of some enormous waves in Hawaii rolling in toward the shore (and a surfer dude on his board about to ride one), there's an attractive visual analogy with the way long wavelengths of ...

Subwoofers are a type of speaker that boost the lowest frequencies in whatever audio you're listening to. These low frequencies usually include bass guitars, pipe organs, deep voices, kick drums, and ...

We review dozens of speakers each year here at PCMag, and we thoroughly test each one. The short story is that we listen to them. The long story is a bit more complicated. This is how we test speakers ...