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<blockquote data-quote="PV Audio" data-source="post: 6504270" data-attributes="member: 554493">NO, you won&#039;t because sub bass is NOT directional. It is NOT DIRECTIONAL. Why? Because sound radiates from your speaker in a spherical pattern. Depending on the size of your enclosure and the wave length being played, that means that the radiation can either fully envelop your enclosure or not. What that means is that for very high frequencies, all the sound is reflected off of the baffle and out into the listening area. For enclosures whose baffles are the same width as the wavelength being played, this causes diffraction known as baffle step. For sub bass frequencies, the wave lengths are so long that by the time the information reaches the listening, there is longer any directionality to the sound because it is propagating in a spherical pattern without interference from the baffle. This is the theory behind infinite baffle setups: if your baffle is larger than the lowest frequency that you&#039;ll be playing&#039;s wavelength, all sound is reflected into the listening area. Sub bass frequencies have wave lengths of many FEET, not inches like midranges and tweeters, so it is impossible to localize anything with frequencies that low. Couple that with the fact that the ear doesn&#039;t have sensitivity to pick up low frequency directivity and you get a double shot dose of why your theory fails.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PV Audio, post: 6504270, member: 554493"] NO, you won't because sub bass is NOT directional. It is [SIZE=24px]NOT DIRECTIONAL[/SIZE]. Why? Because sound radiates from your speaker in a spherical pattern. Depending on the size of your enclosure and the wave length being played, that means that the radiation can either fully envelop your enclosure or not. What that means is that for very high frequencies, all the sound is reflected off of the baffle and out into the listening area. For enclosures whose baffles are the same width as the wavelength being played, this causes diffraction known as baffle step. For sub bass frequencies, the wave lengths are so long that by the time the information reaches the listening, there is longer any directionality to the sound because it is propagating in a spherical pattern without interference from the baffle. This is the theory behind infinite baffle setups: if your baffle is larger than the lowest frequency that you'll be playing's wavelength, all sound is reflected into the listening area. Sub bass frequencies have wave lengths of many FEET, not inches like midranges and tweeters, so it is impossible to localize anything with frequencies that low. Couple that with the fact that the ear doesn't have sensitivity to pick up low frequency directivity and you get a double shot dose of why your theory fails. [/QUOTE]

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