Floor Firing Vs Straight Firing

If the subwoofer s driver faces down towards the floor it s called a down firing subwoofer.

Floor firing vs straight firing.

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. With downfiring you are firing straight down into the floor but the air is coming from all directions. 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.

Down firing and front firing. Since the floors connect to the walls they re also going to shake. In general forward firing is always better than down firing. And pass straight through pretty much all normal household objects and construction materials.

But with front firing it also acts as if the air is coming from all directions. I ve heard arguments for and against both types of subwoofers. If the driver dispersing its sound through the front of the cabinet it s front firing. 90 ht 10 music or to reduce.

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. 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. 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.

The downward firing wasn t bad. After that the ceiling comes next. The difference comes down to driver direction. As y all maybe have seen in my earlier posts i have a bright room with wood floors.

And since the shaking directly affects the floor the floor starts shaking. The front firing configuration seems to have a slightly faster response with a sharper rise on the first cycle. 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.

A down firing subwoofer box produces a domino effect if placed inside a room. They can be more placement sensitive since the floor is a constant. 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.