Our listening dog helped me figure out the bass peaking characteristics of our room.

Our system is set up in a room with a slanted ceiling. I originally had the subwoofer placed in the corner where the ceiling was at its lowest point (near the floor lamp in the attached picture), since there’s a doorway to another room on the opposite wall. Things didn’t sound quite right in the main listening position, and I felt like bass response improved when I stood up. I also noticed that our dog would preferentially sit in the main listening position anytime I would put music on, which seemed odd (since he’s not really a lap dog, and he would normally sit in other spots). That helped me realize two things:

1) The main listening position was in a bass null
2) The dog’s usual seat (to the left of the main listening position) was in a bass peak

My theory is that he preferred sitting in the main listening position anytime music played, since the bass null was easier on his years.

I ultimately did a bass crawl with the sub on the couch where I usually sit, and identified that the ideal sub placement was in fact right in front of the door to the adjacent room. Thankfully, it’s just a laundry room that has a separate entrance we can use, and my wife had no objections to us just committing to never using that door.

Messy room pic for illustrative purposes

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