Floor Firing Vs Straight Firing

Its sound reached the test microphone about 2 milliseconds quicker.

Floor firing vs straight firing.

But with front firing it also acts as if the air is coming from all directions. Down firing subs will shake the floor since they aim their output to the floor but are usually not very tight. Unfortunately the sub will be placed directly behind my listening couch and i m concerned that a front firing sub s location will be more discernable from there that seems to be what brian is saying in the above post. So my question is for rooms with a hard floor is a down firing or front firing subwoofer going to be better.

The difference comes down to driver direction. If the driver dispersing its sound through the front of the cabinet it s front firing. Down firing and front firing. Front firing vs down firing carpet vs bare floors or wood granite over carpet or am i just making a mountain out of a mole hill.

2016 vizio p65 5 0 2 elac debut f5 c5 b4 a4 denon x2200 1 point 7 years ago. Since the floors connect to the walls they re also going to shake. I am thinking of replacing my down firing sub and the selection is much better if you go with a front firing one at least for my needs. The downward firing wasn t bad.

Anyone perusing subwoofer descriptions will eventually encounter this distinction. To put this in perspective sound travels at about 1 foot per millisecond so this is like moving the subwoofer about 2 feet closer to you and that could subtly affect the blend you get with the main speakers. For music most instruments produce sound waves that a down firing sub can t duplicate. The domino effect starts because of the shaking of the subwoofer box.

As y all maybe have seen in my earlier posts i have a bright room with wood floors. Bass emerges from the down firing driver hits the floor and essentially crawls along the floor producing particularly deep bass. A down firing subwoofer box produces a domino effect if placed inside a room. The front firing configuration seems to have a slightly faster response with a sharper rise on the first cycle.

In general forward firing is always better than down firing. And pass straight through pretty much all normal household objects and construction materials. The case for down firing requires an understanding that by firing at the floor in close proximity to that large flat surface we take advantage of the single largest plane in a typical house. And since the shaking directly affects the floor the floor starts shaking.

If the subwoofer s driver faces down towards the floor it s called a down firing subwoofer. 90 ht 10 music or to reduce. With downfiring you are firing straight down into the floor but the air is coming from all directions. I ve heard arguments for and against both types of subwoofers.