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Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences

OK I gave the RELs another look over. From what I can see they use mainly down firing drivers as opposed to the Rythmic using a forward facing driver.

I've always had forward facing and it is something I am familiar with.

My room is a 11.5x11.5 bedroom where the bed fills most of the room and it's carpeted. My speakers do go down pretty nicely to around 40-45Hz (just a guesstimate?).

I "think" I would like stereo subs. Only for the fact that it seems that the bed "cuts off" some of the acoustics having the sub on either side of the room or under a speaker. Having two 12" subs in a small room seems crazy!

Just intuitively thinking a downfiring sub would get lost in that room.

Maybe I should just build my own???

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Topic - Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - airtime 07:12:00 11/06/16 (46)
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