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Great information, thanks.This guy is
A) selling acoustic treatments, but using this to properly smooth the response below 100hz is next to impossible, and literally impossible in any regular, multi-purpose room.
B) apparently haven't heard of DSP which as opposed to acoustic treatments is very effective at smoothing the response below 100hz.
C) He claims adding additional subs at best improves / smoothens out the response with 1-2dB. This simply is not true.
In summary: This video is full of misinformation. Corner placement could be problematic before DSP, but are now (post DSP) usually a good placement. As always this is individual for each room, so the best way to find optimal placement is to experiment with all locations that are practically available to you.
> apparently haven't heard of DSP
I have the impression that this is down to "tribes" and brand loyalty. I think a lot of audiophiles still worship at the altar of "thou shalt not alter the signal between source and speaker".
I have noticed since starting to measure, that my bookshelf speakers are exciting a room mode at 44Hz or so, giving me "boomy" bass, and definitely DSP seems the way to go, as my bookshelf speakers don't have much placement freedom.
So, the prefix for the video should be "If you're unwilling to apply DSP, then do this".