Downward Firing Subwoofer On Carpet

Inside the subwoofer enclosure is the speaker driver consisting of the cone frame coil assembly and magnet the cone vibrates producing sound waves in the air.

Downward firing subwoofer on carpet.

If your home theater room is carpeted you ll probably have an easier go of figuring out the speaker system that you otherwise might in a hard floor room. The subwoofer can sit right on the carpet and the sound should be propagated from the subwoofer and mixed with the. Although carpet will absorb some of the sound it is better to place the down fire on carpet than it is on hard smooth surfaces as these will reflect sound directly and cause a boomy listening experience that can be fairly unpleasant. Image by nosferatu it licensed under cc by sa 3 0.

I just ordered a pswi 225 down firing wireless sub. My rel sub is on carpet and fires down. You don t lose low frequencies reflecting off carpet only high frequencies so there should be no problem at all. First if your subwoofer is ported on the rear of the cabinet you can stuff the port with tennis balls rubber balls or even rolled up socks to seal the cabinet and cut down its interaction with.

Most down firing subwoofers are placed on softer surfaces such as carpet. In a down firing design the driver points down through a hole in the subwoofer cabinet toward the floor.