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)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - johnvb 07:04:23 12/04/16 (1)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - johnvb 07:49:00 12/04/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - Kingshead 21:40:51 11/25/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - ornery 17:00:59 11/12/16 (2)
- I have stereo HSU research HRSW10 down firing subs, and I could pick up - alaskahiatt 21:38:15 11/12/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - Tidycat1 21:37:59 11/12/16 (0)
- This thread has usefully morphed into a discussion about at what freq. to filter supplementary bass units - Timbo in Oz 22:13:50 11/09/16 (0)
- REL make nice furniture. - 3db 15:39:25 11/09/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - fantja 06:11:15 11/09/16 (0)
- REL make nice furniture. - 3db 02:18:23 11/08/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - Inmate51 10:15:08 11/07/16 (0)
- Without a physics background, I have decided to try front firing subs next time. - alaskahiatt 16:31:02 11/06/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - Scholl 15:24:17 11/06/16 (0)
- In some instances... - genungo 09:13:48 11/06/16 (30)
- RE: In some instances... - hahax@verizon.net 21:24:55 11/06/16 (29)
- + one - 3db 17:49:29 11/07/16 (26)
- RE: + zero - genungo 18:15:44 11/07/16 (25)
- Error in your logic - 3db 02:12:21 11/08/16 (24)
- Not necessarily. - genungo 05:54:18 11/08/16 (23)
- Subs - Inmate51 12:12:28 11/08/16 (22)
- Sorry, I took it for granted... - genungo 12:53:59 11/08/16 (21)
- RE: Sorry, I took it for granted... - 3db 04:34:14 11/09/16 (17)
- Not in my HT - E-Stat 08:23:36 11/09/16 (15)
- So? - 3db 02:54:14 11/10/16 (0)
- So? - 3db 15:44:12 11/09/16 (10)
- As for me - E-Stat 16:21:07 11/09/16 (9)
- Localization - 3db 02:58:17 11/10/16 (8)
- RE: Localization - Dave_K 09:15:02 11/10/16 (0)
- RE: Localization - Inmate51 09:01:38 11/10/16 (1)
- Me thinks - 3db 17:27:10 11/10/16 (0)
- Apparently - E-Stat 07:04:21 11/10/16 (4)
- Snide ass remarks - 3db 17:30:53 11/10/16 (3)
- Try the test for yourself! - E-Stat 17:49:18 11/10/16 (2)
- Localization - 3db 04:14:47 11/11/16 (1)
- Thanks for more humor! - E-Stat 06:48:04 11/11/16 (0)
- RE: Not in my HT - genungo 08:32:48 11/09/16 (2)
- From my perspective... - E-Stat 09:01:01 11/09/16 (1)
- RE: From my perspective... - genungo 11:14:14 11/09/16 (0)
- RE: Stereo effect - genungo 08:15:10 11/09/16 (0)
- RE: Sorry, I took it for granted... - Inmate51 14:04:44 11/08/16 (2)
- RE: Sorry, I took it for granted... - Inmate51 14:33:22 11/08/16 (1)
- Thanks - genungo 15:26:08 11/08/16 (0)
- RE: In some instances... - genungo 07:47:33 11/07/16 (0)
- RE: In some instances... - Awe-d-o-file 07:08:19 11/07/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - dirtyvinyl 08:28:04 11/06/16 (0)
- RE: Down firing vs forward facing subwoofers - what are the benefits and differences - bullethead 07:31:18 11/06/16 (0)