Floor Firing Vs Straight Firing

But with front firing it also acts as if the air is coming from all directions.

Floor firing vs straight firing.

The front firing configuration seems to have a slightly faster response with a sharper rise on the first cycle. 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. If the subwoofer s driver faces down towards the floor it s called a down firing subwoofer.

And since the shaking directly affects the floor the floor starts shaking. I recently switched from down firing subs in a mid to large size room with hardwood floors to front firing 15s i found the front firing sub config sounded better at least in my room and i do believe there is less unwanted resonance. They can be more placement sensitive since the floor is a constant. After that the ceiling comes next.

And pass straight through pretty much all normal household objects and construction materials. Its sound reached the test microphone about 2 milliseconds quicker. 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. The domino effect starts because of the shaking of the subwoofer box.

Down firing and front firing. 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. 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. 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.

As y all maybe have seen in my earlier posts i have a bright room with wood floors. 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. With downfiring you are firing straight down into the floor but the air is coming from all directions. 90 ht 10 music or to reduce.

2016 vizio p65 5 0 2 elac debut f5 c5 b4 a4 denon x2200 1 point 7 years ago. Anyone perusing subwoofer descriptions will eventually encounter this distinction. Down firing subs will shake the floor since they aim their output to the floor but are usually not very tight. If the driver dispersing its sound through the front of the cabinet it s front firing.

Since the floors connect to the walls they re also going to shake. So my question is for rooms with a hard floor is a down firing or front firing subwoofer going to be better. I ve heard arguments for and against both types of subwoofers. The difference comes down to driver direction.