Is Bass Non-Directional In A Two-Channel Rig?


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If so, if you are using a subwoofer(s) to augment your main speakers, could you put your sub(s) to the rear of your seating position?
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128x128mitch4t
Dual stereo L/R time aligned subs matched up with the mains is the way to fly. Even if you cross over the subs at 40hz the actual cabinet enclosure acts as a giant passive radiator creating at least 4th order harmonics that need to be blended in to the mains. It is very easy to hear the placement of one and near impossible to hear the two as described. Each woofer will greatly benefit in speed and transparency if the cabinet is direct coupled { use brass] to the mass of the floor. Direct coupling {use brass] the woofer cabinet to the floor will limit the upper harmonics into the midbass and beyond resulting in much more clear mids in the main speaker pair. Tom
Good answers...and the truth is..yes and no...based on the above.

In the old days of analog only, the answer was yes. Drive by a bar/dance club at night and you will only hear/feel the bass....sometimes the voices...but try to hear a cymbal...
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In the old days of analog only, the answer was yes. Drive by a bar/dance club at night and you will only hear/feel the bass....sometimes the voices...but try to hear a cymbal..."
Irrelevant. That has to do with sound absorption issues.

Kal
The basic anwser is yes, bass is non directional in an any channel rig, but at different frequencies for different people. Some people start loosing the ability to discern where bass comes from as high as 120hz, by the time you get to 80 hz, no one can tell where it comes from.