SubZone

Sonic Baume LTD

About this app

"This has to be the biggest no-brainer we've ever come across."
LB Tech Reviews

"Within 30 seconds this thing helped me make a decision that I've been vacillating about for six months now."
Audio Unleashed podcast

Experience unparalleled sound quality with SubZone - the ultimate app for optimizing your subwoofer's position. Simply enter the details of your room and listening position, and our advanced acoustic simulation will find the sweet spot. The result is clear, well-defined, deep bass that brings the very best out of music and movies.

When sound waves reflect off the walls, ceiling, and floor of a room they produce "room modes". These affect the sound by boosting or cutting certain frequencies, making some sound too boomy and others not present enough. To get the best performance out of your subwoofer, it is important to position it in a location that minimizes the effect of room modes.

Previously, finding the best place to put a subwoofer has involved trial-and-error or expensive acoustic software. Some even suggest crawling around on your hands and knees to listen for the best spot. Now, SubZone allows you to calculate the optimal position in a scientific and affordable way from the comfort of your seat.

Key features:
- Supports any rectangular-shaped room
- Simulates the acoustic effect of placing your subwoofer in each possible zone of your room
- Calculates a score out of 10 for how well each zone performs
- Recommends the optimum zones, marked with a star
- Plots the frequency response for each zone, showing which frequencies are boosted/cut and by how much
- Supports optimization for multiple listening positions
- Uses information about the construction materials of the room to improve the accuracy of the simulation
- Simple interface with step-by-step guide
- No account or sign-in required
- Respects your privacy by storing data locally
- Detailed documentation with a comprehensive FAQ
- Expert support on-hand to handle any questions or issues
- Dark and light color schemes
- Complies with GDPR legislation

Ratings and reviews

Really nice simulation experience. Great UI for managing rooms, and then adjusting parameters for each room. So many audio related apps have terrible UIs. This is not one of those; it's beautiful. Being able to see the simulated frequency response for any position is great. I hope the ability to simulate for more then one sub is added.

I have used the app very successfully to find a better position for my sub. I really like the fact you can add multiple listening positions and then see the ideal placement either for a single position or for the average of all or any of them. Looking forward to future developments on the predicted frequency response graphic.

Awesome App! Only 1 trifle. When going through the Info Menus. Some of them were written longer than what I could see on my Samsung S20 Ultra. Couldnt Scroll either. Pff. 5 stars! The Upsides weigh up the downsides mentioned. 🤓🤪

What's new

- Materials: You can assign different materials for each wall within your room, increasing the simulation accuracy.
- Orientation: You can define the room's orientation for improved clarity.