Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
While it completly contradicts some reading I've done, this sounds like more great info from Mr. Nousaine...would you have any links to a discussion or anything? I'd be curious to read.
Tom Nousiane papers are VERY difficult to find on the internet. Most of them are articles in audio magazine, or sound and vision back in the 90's. However as a memeber of AES, I am able to aquire quite a few of his papers through it, and CEDIA and THX use his work on subs to a great degree.

I'd like to know why exciting all the room modes is critical, and why it's considered more important than integrating with the mains, in particular. Is this just a taste preference, or is there something too it.

And is corner placement always preferable in every room no matter the size/shape?
Most experiments with room acoustics and standing waves have been on rectangular rooms only. I think the reason why it is important to locate subs in corners has more to do with maximum volume, low frequency extension, and most even measurements. Also consider that it is easier to cut a room mode(which corners stimulate all boundary related modes evenly) than it is to fill in a node which cannot be done without extreme penalties on amplifier headroom and overall output