B1 Bass Module / Positioning: Difference between revisions

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=== Orientation, aiming and obstruction ===

Sound comes through the B1 grille only and then spreads out the same amount in all directions from that surface. So box orientation doesn't matter to the B1 sound. Sonically the B1 can rest on any one of its four sides and nothing will change. (Of course, for stacking, you want the "wide side down" in order to engage the nubs on the next B1.) Once you pick a side to rest it on, you can aim the B1 in any direction you want, forward, sideways, even firing backward toward a rear wall. If you hear a change, it is because you've moved the grille relative to other B1s or relative to boundaries. Don't shove the grille into a wall or into a big obstacle, because then the sound can't get out; leave at least 6 inches of space in front of the grille. The side of the box itself can be right against a wall, so long as the grille is not obstructed. We often start out placing our B1s on the floor, sideways against the rear wall, so that the first reflections from the floor and rear wall will not change the tonal balance in the bass. (Room modes will change the tonal balance anyway, but at least we eliminate one source of variability this way.)

Sound comes through the B1 grille only and then spreads out the same amount in all directions from that surface. So box orientation doesn't matter to the B1 sound. Sonically the B1 can rest on any one of its four sides and nothing will change. (Of course, for stacking, you want the "wide side down" in order to engage the nubs on the next B1.) Once you pick a side to rest it on, you can aim the B1 in any direction you want, forward, sideways, even firing backward toward a rear wall. If you hear a change, it is because you've moved the grille relative to other B1s or relative to boundaries. Don't shove the grille into a wall or into a big obstacle, because then the sound can't get out; leave at least 6 inches (15 cm) of space in front of the grille. The side of the box itself can be right against a wall, so long as the grille is not obstructed. We often start out placing our B1s on the floor, sideways against the rear wall, so that the first reflections from the floor and rear wall will not change the tonal balance in the bass. (Room modes will change the tonal balance anyway, but at least we eliminate one source of variability this way.)

=== Arranging groups of B1s that play the same signal ===

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 === Orientation, aiming and obstruction ===
-Sound comes through the B1 grille only and then spreads out the same amount in all directions from that surface. So box orientation doesn't matter to the B1 sound. Sonically the B1 can rest on any one of its four sides and nothing will change. (Of course, for stacking, you want the "wide side down" in order to engage the nubs on the next B1.) Once you pick a side to rest it on, you can aim the B1 in any direction you want, forward, sideways, even firing backward toward a rear wall. If you hear a change, it is because you've moved the grille relative to other B1s or relative to boundaries. Don't shove the grille into a wall or into a big obstacle, because then the sound can't get out; leave at least 6 inches of space in front of the grille. The side of the box itself can be right against a wall, so long as the grille is not obstructed. We often start out placing our B1s on the floor, sideways against the rear wall, so that the first reflections from the floor and rear wall will not change the tonal balance in the bass. (Room modes will change the tonal balance anyway, but at least we eliminate one source of variability this way.)
+Sound comes through the B1 grille only and then spreads out the same amount in all directions from that surface. So box orientation doesn't matter to the B1 sound. Sonically the B1 can rest on any one of its four sides and nothing will change. (Of course, for stacking, you want the "wide side down" in order to engage the nubs on the next B1.) Once you pick a side to rest it on, you can aim the B1 in any direction you want, forward, sideways, even firing backward toward a rear wall. If you hear a change, it is because you've moved the grille relative to other B1s or relative to boundaries. Don't shove the grille into a wall or into a big obstacle, because then the sound can't get out; leave at least 6 inches (15 cm) of space in front of the grille. The side of the box itself can be right against a wall, so long as the grille is not obstructed. We often start out placing our B1s on the floor, sideways against the rear wall, so that the first reflections from the floor and rear wall will not change the tonal balance in the bass. (Room modes will change the tonal balance anyway, but at least we eliminate one source of variability this way.)
 === Arranging groups of B1s that play the same signal ===