I recently purchased a 5.1 Yammie a couple of weeks ago and bought a five year old 100 watt aiwa front firing sub from my friend for ten bucks. Before I get to my question, I have to admit that by adding the sub it enhanced all of my speakers clarity and power. I almost bought a 200 dollar center and two book shelf speakers along with a new sub. Glad I talked to my friend before I did.

My question is since my sub is front firing and I put it on a resin coffee table, will it greatly decrease the amount of bass my neighbors hear?

I already had my system cranked while watching the car chase scene in matrix: reloaded w/out the sub and couldn't hear a touch of noise in the apartments above and below me with the bass maxed out.