Merely buying a great subwoofer is no guarantee you'll wind up with great bass — properly setting it up in your home is crucial. This guide will tell you how to get the most from your subwoofer.

How to set subwoofer levels – volume, crossover and phase Subwoofers often have three adjustment dials – volume, crossover and phase.

Correct hookup, positioning, and adjustment of a subwoofer is critical for good sound. Here’s a simple, five-step method.

Setting the correct bass management on receivers and processors is essential to getting the most out of your audio system. For some systems 80Hz, the standard THX setting, is a good starting point.

The “sub crawl” is a little-known way you can optimize the placement of your surround sound system’s subwoofer.

Well, I found myself working with a friend to develop a suuround sound system for his listening room. A litening room that is a nearly-perfect octagon! After picking myself up off of the floor, I set ...

For more information read this post on how to set up a subwoofer. Editors' note: This story was originally published on April 15, 2013, and has since been updated with additional information.

If you've set up your speakers but find the bass doesn't sound very good (maybe its isn't very smooth, or maybe you just can't hear it at all), there's an easy way to find the best place to put ...

When you set up your system, be sure to go into the Marantz receiver's speaker setup menus and set the subwoofer, center and surround speakers to "off" and the front speakers to "large." ...