When bass player Yerko Sepulveda had trouble hearing the sound of his instrument in a particularly busy mix, he opted to build a device that would allow him to feel the thunder. The resulting portable ...

Nowadays most people want tiny speakers and subwoofers, and they can sound fine, but only big subs can rock the house! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end ...

When you think of some enormous waves in Hawaii rolling in toward the shore (and a surfer dude on his board about to ride one), there's an attractive visual analogy with the way long wavelengths of ...

Once you have your subwoofer positioned properly in your room, it's time to connect it to your A/V receiver. There are two possible ways of doing this: Line level connection – using unbalanced RCA ...

A good subwoofer can transform your home theater or stereo setup, but even the best sub won't perform well if it's in the wrong place. Bass frequencies behave differently than midrange or treble-they ...

It's pricey and cumbersome, but Atlantic Technology's PB-235 sound bar works near-magic by producing credible bass without a subwoofer. Steve Guttenberg Former contributor Ex-movie theater ...

Watching your favourite movie or TV show can feel incredibly underwhelming when you don't have a top-quality subwoofer to match. After all, a sub-par subwoofer can actually make your movies and music ...

My first band, Galaxie 500, may have had something of its own take on rock music, but in the late 1980s our lineup was standard for the day: guitar, bass, drums. When we showed up at clubs, no one ...