Surround speakers don't need a lot of bass output?

[NoDestiny]

Hey gang! Im trying to design everything, I realize the center and FL/FR will be playing plenty of low end, but what about the surrounds? I have not owned a nice enough surround sound to experience anything where the rears require heavy low end extension (like 60-120Hz range).

Any thoughts on this?

[Hdale85]

Well there are more and more movies including LFE in the surrounds as well as the rest of the speakers. But it's not an absolute must. If you are going to cross all your speakers to a sub at 80hz then design the speakers that way.

[NoDestiny]

Basically, I am debating porting the boxes to the 4 surrounds, simply... a sealed box would be smaller and easier to work with. The front 3 will be ported. Xover point will likely be 60Hz... WinISD says I should get an F3 of 42Hzish on the ported and 69Hzish on the sealed. Just debating on if its worth porting the rears really.

[kgveteran]

Pefect solution . These puppies rock. Can't find a single flaw !!!!

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=23335