I don't remember where I read this but I believe the woofer should be kept outside the "range" or "zone" of the left and right speakers, meaning don't place the woofer in between the two, else the sound gets distorted.
I have altec lansing mx5021 and maybe i'm just imagining things but this really made a difference (cleaner bass) when moving the subwoofer "outside" the left/right speaker pair area.
I feel that people are buying/recommending that speaker only because of the branding and "gaming" tag. I'm no audiophile but i personally found them to be underwhelming, it just didn't "wow" me. IMO at best it is "decent" and for the price which they used to command (10k+) i would say "below/average." I guess its an "okay" purchase for 6k-8k.Corsair sp2500 used to be something worth a look.