The sub placement trick also appears in Outlaw's SMS-1 guide, now that you mention it (under "Tips and Tricks" in fact). In that case, they suggest putting the sub in the listening position but using the SMS-1's microphone instead of your ear to test different places in the room (the goal being to find the position that yielded the smoothest response curve).
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