Which is better for tile floors? floor or front firing?

Dannieboiz

i have front firing NHT SubOne that I'm not really satisfy with @ certain seating area of the room. Are floor firing subs better for tile floors?

SLOCOOKN

What is the problem..not enough..too much..sounds boomy...ect?

Dannieboiz

There are a lot of blind spots around the room where I it's lacking bass. I was hoping for an evenly distributed sound throughout a small room. Roughly 15x15. The box is sitting @ the rear corner of the room.

SLOCOOKN

Sounds like you have standing wave issues. A square room is almost the worst acoustic environment. You might look into bass traps in the sub section.
I had a Velo that was front firing and my VMPS is front fire no probs.

Dannieboiz

bass trap? what's that?

SLOCOOKN

It is a culmination of materials and design to "soak up low,mid or high freq's.
A basic understanding of what happens: a "wave" is moved forward bounces off a wall and meets another wave and they cancel each other out.

Dannieboiz

did a quick search and it looks like I need to slap some metal sheets behind my walls? Any quick and easy way to do this?

SLOCOOKN

Dannieboiz wrote:

did a quick search and it looks like I need to slap some metal sheets behind my walls? Any quick and easy way to do this?

no not metal!....Perhaps someone can post the thread BASS TRAPS. I do not know how to do this.

Or go to forums. go to DIY and search bass traps.

Dannieboiz

ok I'll search for it. No biggy, i need to upgrade my subs anyways....

SLOCOOKN

SLOCOOKN wrote:

It is a culmination of materials and design to "soak up low,mid or high freq's.
A basic understanding of what happens: a "wave" is moved forward bounces off a wall and meets another wave and they cancel each other out.

This action will result in a loss of bass freq's. A bass trap will absorb the low freq. and you will get a better sound. Most traps are made up of fiberglass.

SLOCOOKN

Dannieboiz wrote:

ok I'll search for it. No biggy, i need to upgrade my subs anyways....

If you are going to be in the same room. A bigger or better sub won't help!
Spend the money on room treatments and you will be better served.
A good sub in a better room is better than a great sub in a bad room! REALLY!
It would not take much! At least consider it.

Dannieboiz

my SubOne is giving up on me slowly. It creates this annoying hum with our without signal. I have to throw them out either way.... Also I don't want to fix any structure of the house improve the subs. Significant other is gonna kill me.

SLOCOOKN

Dannieboiz wrote:

my SubOne is giving up on me slowly. It creates this annoying hum with our without signal. I have to throw them out either way.... Also I don't want to fix any structure of the house improve the subs. Significant other is gonna kill me.

Don't give up yet! That hum might be ground loop. It is fixable.
The bass traps are not a construction effort. (the can be if you want)
Your wife could pick out fabric for the covers. It's a win win.
If you don't like it that is ok.

Dannieboiz

I've moved the sub to another room total away from ANY thing that cause the ground noise but still there. The amp may have water damage cause my dump house/babysitter be cleaning my floors and shoving the damn mop all over my grill I can see obvious water damage in the front of the cloth.