Frequencies starting around 80hz and below are omnidirectional. This has been discussed many times and confirmed by Alan from Axiom on many of the Axiom Newsletters. Also, if you do a google search, or check websites like Audioholics, Ecoustics, etc., this has been covered on the topic of bass management. On reason that 80hz is the norm, and setting speakers to small, is because the smaller drivers CAN'T move the air like the sub's larger driver. This is the purpose of the sub, to MOVE air. You feel this and it is NOT directional. Believe what you want Troy, but your are incorrect, and most likely what your hearing, what Rich describes, is not true LFE below 80hz. The hip/hop *** you listen to is NOT LFE, just an fyi.
A good test is put in Styx's Renegade and listen to the first minute, that is low stuff. Or put in Nemo and watch the seen where Darla is tapping on the Aquirium, now that is killer LFE and it will go right through your bones. You can not tell the direction of the source.
