Front firing vs down firing sub? - Page 4

ScottRHinson · 19th February 2004, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by ScottRHinson

Again though, I have a fairly high turnover rate at my house...nothing has stayed in one place longer than a year.

Scott

I may have totally lied! Walking around the house I realized I may have a set of bookshelfs that have been around for almost two years. I'll have to give them some sweeps for T/S parameters and compare them to the measurements I took a few years ago to see if there is any drift. (That's if I can find the old measurements, possibly a BIG if.) At any rate I can make some distortion plots to see if there are any significant differences between the "old" driver and some new ones I have that haven't been used and have been subject to rotation. I doubt it will show anythign it's a 6.5" CSX driver, but it's worth a shot! I only wish I had a real rub&buzz test system!!! ($$)

Scott

westsounds · 22nd June 2010, 10:26 AM

My thoughts are I personally would prefer forward firing bass. However I think downward firing are far better when it comes to looks especially if it is a bit of a lifestyle system and is meant to be as discrete as possible. They also have a much better WAF.

It is probably quite difficult to tell the difference in practice and this will also depend on the room floors etc which would be a big factor, but when it comes to sound it must be better having that driver point directly towards or into a room rather than at the floor. I have listened to a few subs and some good speakers which have bass drivers orientated or directed at the floor and yes there is lots of slam but its not quite the same as having it directed into the room. Isolation is another factor if the speakers going up and down unless there is dead weight on top of it, it is not going to have the same affect as some spikes or rubber feet underneath it griping and holding it from movement especially if its powerful amp and a lot of movement on the driver.

I would always go for the forward firing if its an option.

chris661 · 22nd June 2010, 12:34 PM

No-one seems to have mentioned that having the driver front firing allows you to check excursion, which could be important if you're watching a film.

22nd June 2010, 12:34 PM	#33
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22nd June 2010, 10:26 AM	#32
westsounds diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009	My thoughts are I personally would prefer forward firing bass. However I think downward firing are far better when it comes to looks especially if it is a bit of a lifestyle system and is meant to be as discrete as possible. They also have a much better WAF. It is probably quite difficult to tell the difference in practice and this will also depend on the room floors etc which would be a big factor, but when it comes to sound it must be better having that driver point directly towards or into a room rather than at the floor. I have listened to a few subs and some good speakers which have bass drivers orientated or directed at the floor and yes there is lots of slam but its not quite the same as having it directed into the room. Isolation is another factor if the speakers going up and down unless there is dead weight on top of it, it is not going to have the same affect as some spikes or rubber feet underneath it griping and holding it from movement especially if its powerful amp and a lot of movement on the driver. I would always go for the forward firing if its an option.

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