The subwoofer enhances more bass but can sometimes sound awful and crabby if the settings are gotten wrong. You can tune a subwoofer appropriately to make it deliver deep and hassle-free bass.   

It’s a simple task to get right if done appropriately. Before anything, ensure your speaker is correctly placed at a perfect distance and angle. Make sure the distance is up to at least two feet from the main listening position to avoid unnecessary loudness which can reduce the effectiveness of the audio system. 

If you are an audiophile who loves boomy bass that consumes the space, you can have the placement of your sub not more than two feet from your listening corners. If your sub comes in two, you should have a non-similar placing with no symmetry to get the best bass out of the audio device. 

Using Crossover For Your Sub’s Adjustment

It’s no news again that you want to tune your subwoofers to be hassle-free, here’s another method! You want an amazing bass so you should put every part of the bass into consideration; the highs, the mid lows, and the lows. When using crossover for your sub’s adjustment, the dealing is mainly the setting up of the frequency the right way, just like setting the speakers not lower than 90Hz.

The type of speakers differ so, the recommended frequency of each speaker differs. Some speakers come with the recommended frequency in their manuals so you can easily make adjustments to your listening preference. Simply tune the subwoofer as you move the crossover till the subwoofer and speakers are well balanced and sound differently. 

Some other easy ways to tune your subwoofer;

Set your speaker to the appropriate level

When speakers are tuned to the highest level, they tend to produce distortions. These distortions are always crabby which interferes with the sound of the musical instrument thereby destroying subs, speakers, and even eardrums. 

Removing distortions

You can simply remove distortions by setting the amp gain to low and turning up the receiver’s volume until the distortion is clearly heard when playing music. Once you are able to figure out the distortion, turn the volume back off gradually till you can no more hear the distortion. The volume level where the distortion stops is the best your volume receiver can go and play hassle-free sounds. 

More so, you’ll need to switch on the amp’s gain low-pass filter and set it high in the clockwise direction. If there is a remote control, you can set it straight to its middle position so you can make adjustments to the boost when listening to other songs.

Fixing The Subwoofer’s Gain And Low-Pass Filter

Always ensure to play music on your receiver at around ¼ volume. When playing music, do not allow the sound from the speakers to overpower that of the subwoofer’s amp. Fix the subwoofer amp’s gain till the subwoofer sound overpowers that of the speaker with no form of distortion.

The low-pass filter works to remove unwanted notes from your subwoofer by controlling the tone and capturing the drum’s sound while releasing its boom. The filters include the vocals, strings, and guitars while leaving the low drums and the bass.

Fixing the gain and low pass filter should indirectly fix the hassles, if the distortions persist, however, you can turn down the sub amp’s gain a bit. This may however reduce the bass from the subwoofer, you’ll be needing a bigger subwoofer and amp if you want something more. 

Boosting Your Bass

There are easy ways to boost your bass rightly and distortion-free. You can simply apply a bass boost but be careful how you use it to avoid introducing distortions. If distortions come with the bass boost, you can lower the sub amp’s gain gradually until you can no more hear it. The bass boost works judiciously with your bass to create an awesome and balanced beat.

Final Thoughts

I’ve worked you through different ways to tune the subwoofer hassle-free. Do not forget to match your subwoofer level to the receiver volume at first before checking for distortions. You can make further adjustments as explained above if you notice distortions later. You can simply do this by turning up the receiver’s volume to the highest and then gradually turning the subwoofer volume till the bass sound matches the rest of the music with no distortions.