Down Firing Car Sub Into Carpet

My assumption is that in that case i should specifically avoid a down firing subwoofer because the floor would just absorb the sound.

Down firing car sub into carpet.

How do you get perfect carpet seams when wrapping a subwoofer box with carpet. Somewhat like metanium above i have had very positive results using a woofer down firing in my car but that s because i have no trunk. This trick works not only for wrapping a sub enclosure. Today in the irc chatroom ericduckman wants to know if putting his down firing subwoofer on carpet is going impede the quality of sound.

I have recently built a center console for a f 350 with 4 8 focal utopia be subs firing down with slot ports firing forward into the dash. After that the ceiling comes next. Find out in this video. I just ordered a pswi 225 down firing wireless sub.

The floor is carpet on carpet pad on cement foundation. Scott wilkinson and chris boylan have an answer. The advantages i saw to down firing was getting the woofer away from my ear the cone was about 15 away when it was direct firing. You also have to leave 1 4 to 1 3 of the cones diameter for clearance other wise you will run into cancellation issues.

And since the shaking directly affects the floor the floor starts shaking. A down firing subwoofer box produces a domino effect if placed inside a room. The domino effect starts because of the shaking of the subwoofer box. Thanks for any help.

Is it worth the time to cut out a small 13 x 13 piece of plywood to sit the subwoofer on to increase bass rather than just have it sitting directly on the carpet. Since the floors connect to the walls they re also going to shake.