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40 should be doable with the M80s, some prefer this with music, and switch back to 60 or 80 for movies. It just depends on the setup, the room, and the person.

I am surprised no one mentioned that he really should be checking to see if where he has the sub is optimal. Many times, users have come onto the forum complaining that the EP500/600 is not "blowing them away". However, depending on your room, you may need to use the "sub crawl technique" for optimal placement.

Put the EP500 where you would normally sit (you will have to move your couch). Now play some bass heavy music and crawl along all your walls to see where the cleanest and loudest sounding spot is for LFE. That is where you want to put your sub.

Try it all over again, it should make a huge difference. If you do not want to do that, try walking around your room, or sitting in different spots, some spots will have more bass than others, this will tell you if the sub is working correctly.

You do have a very large space for the EP500 to fill. I think it would do a good job, but it may not be possible to acheive what you expect in a space that big.

As Mark AND Robb suggest, placement is optimal and may make the difference in a large room. A corner typically would give you more reinforcement and volume, but may or may not be the best positition for a sub in your room.

I use 40 with my M80s. Of course, individual crossovers for each channel, so....

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but, if he sets the x-over for the LFE/Sub to 40 will he not only get everything 40 and below sent to the sub?

If that's the case, then he is missing too much low end and it will make his sub sound weak. My receiver only goes down to 80 for everything so for me to test this I have to use the x-over on the sub itself. If I set it to 40, very little BOOM comes out.

But, when I set it to 80, or to disabled by turning it all the way up, the BOOM is much greater.

Joey,

The M80s are effective down the 30hz. So setting the crossover at 40hz shouldn't be a problem, its really a matter of preference, does he want more low end from the sub or the mains?

Ah, misunderstanding. If he sets the sub crossover (the dial on the sub itself) to 40, that would be bad. If he sets the crossover in the receiver to 40, it's fine, although he'll probably be missing stuff from the center and surrounds, unless he can set the crossover by channel.

I'm still here!

Ill be coming back home in a few days. When I come back I will follow your guys advice and see if anything helps.

I am still busy, but I am going to get an Onkyo receiver soon, and I will test out the sub with it as well.

I am now getting use to the performance of th sub. I believe the main reason is because it is in a large room.