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M3s from FO and can't find a thing wrong!

I have purchased both "normal" and Factory Outlet speakers. In my case the Factory Outlet speakers (QS8s) had one small "ding" in each speaker, roughly what you could make by pressing your thumbnail into the edge.

Were I buying again, I would buy the mains "full price" because they are kind of "on display" and even the tiniest ding can be noticeable in the right light, but I would buy everything else FO because nobody will ever know, including yourself.

The other nice thing is that you would have M80s to listen to while waiting for everything else to arrive

EDIT -- it wouldn't hurt to check with Axiom re: whether mixing regular stock and FO stock in this way would affect the 5% discount. I don't think it would but check, OK ?

I bought 2 pair from the F/O and 1 from regular stock.
The only defect I could find was on the pair from regular stock. How's that for irony? Amie @ Axiom customer service took care of the situation with no problems. Honestly, on the 2 pair from F/O I can not find a problem.
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I bought from both. The FO speakers all had flaws, but I had to look very hard to find them on all but one. The 600 had a vinyl overrun on a corner. Looked pretty bad, but a jeweler’s file took care of the problem and now it’s undetectable.

So, don’t buy them thinking you won’t find anything wrong, you may. It may be too much, but then again, you may not be able to find anything wrong at all.

Wise advice mdrew, though that vinyl overrun is the worst blemish I've heard of from the FO.

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Back to the speaker stuff...I got advice from JC and Alan on my setup. The funny thing is they kinda varied on the subwoofer...JC likes a single EP600 over 2 EP500s. Alan likes the 2 sub setup. I think I will go with the EP600 so I don't have buyers remorse and wonder what if anything I'm missing from the EP500. I'm sure it is very minimal but I like to maximze my purchase. Anyone have a thought on this subject??

I need some clarification, you say 3700 sq ft, did you mean cubic feet? We have a pretty nice sized ranch, and my basement is 2200 Sq Ft, but the HT/Rec Room is 900 Sq Ft. The HT portion of this larger room is over in one of the corners which is about 15ft x 25ft or so. The EP500 blows me away and I swear my house is coming off of its foundation sometimes.

It is 3700 cubic..sorry. So maybe a dual EP 500 would be better?

Well my room is pushing 8,000 Cu. Ft. and one 500 is fine, I used to use a 350.

I would agree that one EP500 or EP600 should be sufficient for a room that size.