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Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best?

Any advantage to woofer cone facing toward listener as opposed to firing down to the floor? Thinking of upgrading my 20 year old B&W ASW-650 sub to get that oh-so-pleasing belly message which lives in the 20-ish Hz range (very rare I know). SVS has the "tube" subwoofer (PC-2000) at a reasonable price. Just wondering if the floor-firing model would disappoint? Wouldn't want the hassle of returning if it did. Any opinions? Current users? Thanks. 
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noromance
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@millercarbon 5" is what I have so I only speak from experience.
I know you have a lot of concrete in your rack. But if it's sitting on bouncy floors, what then?
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noromance
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+1 You can't have a good turntable rig on suspended floors. You can bolster it and reinforce it but there's no beating 5" of concrete. I tried once. Now I'm in the basement.
Not sure I agree with using any old subs, @millercarbon. I replaced an older REL sub with the new S3 and it is in a different league. Faster, taut, deeper, and more musical. 

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