Determine Subwoofer Placement by Ear If you don’t have access to a suite of audio measurement tools, you can still get your sound properly dialed in using the crawl test.

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

Learn how to correctly set up your subwoofers for optimal placement and connectivity.

With a calibration DVD and sound level meter in hand, you can play a test pattern and set levels for your speakers.

A lot of home theater experts believe in using multiple subwoofers, but can one really great subwoofer sound better than two or three merely good ones?