Down firing sub tweeks


I use a down firing sub on a carpeted surface. Are there any specific tweeks available to better disperse the bass ? For example, would a product like Auralex sub dude make any improvement, or is that just to reduce the bass below the unit? ( Like in an apartment setting). Anyone use a "base" of some type, or is there is there an isolation base surface known to be better than carpet?
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I added a home made platform under my sub and it made a great improvement. I spiked the platform thru the carpet into the floor.I also added spikes between the sub and the platform. Much faster and more room filling.
I used two 3/4 in birch plywood screwed together and put some 1/4in spikes underneath to couple to the floor.
The sound was more detail and less wooly. also, more gain and smoothness in presentation. I also put cones between the sub and the platform, it increased the speed of delivery.
That sounds like a great platform. Cones from parts express are not expensive. But you will get a idea at what the platform will sound like.