Which is better?? Up Firing vs Down Firing Subwoofers in a Truck Enclosure

Up Fire subs? Downfire subs? Which is better? Which one do you want? What sounds best? What's loudest? Hey guys! I've been in this industry for over 20 years now and I get asked this question all the time by customers. So we had the chance and the opportunity to actually do some measurements and try and to get some answers. Let me start by saying that this is not the most ideal of testing setups, so I'm sure this will get some criticism. We just wanted to get some basic measurements and information to give customers a way to tell what the differences and advantages are between the options. With the test equipment we used, you can do your own measurements and also use it to tune a DSP system in your car without spending a lot of money, We had a local customer in for us to do a subwoofer installation on his Ram, and we decided we could use his setup to run some measurements. We ran one of our upfiring ported enclosures and just flipped it over on some 2" spacers to get the desired effect. To seal it, we jam packed the port with microfiber rags and left over carpet to greatly reduce the airflow coming out of the port without making any permanent changes to the enclosure. It's not ideal for a perfect test, but it greatly changed the way it performed and sounded. I hope this helps answer some questions and helps you on your choice of enclosures for your truck. Hit us up in the comments if you have any questions. Thanks! Bolt in Ram 5th Gen Crew Cab 1500 Amp Rack https://netaudio.com/product/2019-up-... Plug-n-play Subwoofer Harness https://netaudio.com/product/2019-up-... Ram 5th Gen Crew Cab 1500 Ported Sub Enclosure https://netaudio.com/product/2019-ram... Audio Frog Microphone UMI-1 USB https://testgear.audiofrog.com/ Room EQ Wizard Software https://www.roomeqwizard.com/ #truck #car #automobile #caraudiofabrication #caraudiosystem