Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions EP350 Vs EP350v3

Does anyone know if there are big huge differences between the original EP350 and the current model EP350v3. Has anyone had a chance to do a side by side.

yes, it is a completely different subwoofer. The new one is way better than the old one... at least from what I read around here.

I believe that SirQuack has done a comparison between the two and found the v3 to be much, much better. I have a v3, and I will say that although I haven't given it a thorough workout, it is very, very impressive.

Also, here's Alan-initiated thread about the V3.
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthre...true#Post179265

The oringinal used to be king of the hill, that was prior to the EP's coming out. The new 350v3 for the price is killer, and comes close to the EP's in many respects. In fact, I like my twin 350v3's for music over my 600.

I had the chance to hear framer2180's original 350 and his v3. There is really no comparison, the v3 is way better at everything. I had brought over a Paradigm DSP3100 for comparison to the 350's and the little Paradigm had more power, punch, overall SQ, than the old 350 did, but it fell short of the EP350v3.

Thanks guys. You saved me.
Now EP350v3 and v2 are not that different except the port design, right? V3 and V2 share the same amp and cabinet design.

Nope. Not at all. The amp is different, as is the cabinet. The V3 shares a cabinet with the EP500, as well as the port and woofer.

That's what makes me wonder how the EP500 commands such a larger price.

The 500 has a bit more power, but also the DSP allows it to be flatter down to pretty low (18-100hz +/- 1.5 db compared to 28-150Hz +/- 3db).

..so the EP350 is significantly different from v2, and v2 is significantly different from v3, correct?
Does anyone have specs (freq response, amp RMS/peak etc.) on the v2. Can't find them online..
Thanks

The online specs are for the v2 (they did not change). The suspicion is that the v3's might be better, but only Axiom could answer that.

The V3 has a totally different amp compared to previous versions of the 350, plus it is in the 500 cabinet now. The new 350V3 is closer to the EP500 in some performance respects. I love the new 350's for music, very tight and accurate.

Yep. Its really turned my head from the kitchen a couple of times because the kick drums sound so real. When something goes thump in your livingroom (like its) for real and there is nobody there, you look up. I absolutely love the Balrog's growl/rumble in LOTR.

So the amp and cabinet was changed when it went from V2 to V3. Does anyone know what was different between V1 and V2. I think the original EP350 was also a two circular port design...

I think the online specs are for v3 because the amp in the specs is rated at 300W which is v3. The older versions were a 250W amp, werent they?

The V1 to V2 change was much less dramatic, but included the woofer change to the EP500 woofer.

Could be. The thing is that changing the value for the amp power is easy in HTML, but preparing all the data required for the rest of the graphs is another thing. If what is online is all for v3, then I am not too impressed by the change.

Well, the data online says nothing about a change in smoothness or responsiveness, though.

I have a question on this sub. I did some listening and calibration last night with the ep350 v3 in my basement theater. I had a side placement at first since it was close to the electrical outlet but didn't get as good of a response as I did placing it by my M60s.
The thing is, I don't have any electrical outlets by those speakers and the closest one is 12ft away while my cord is only 6ft. Have any of you guys have attached a really thick short extension cord to solve this problem?

Edit: I just received this sub yesterday.

I would think it would be fine. 14 gauge extension cords should be able to handle anything that sub would be pulling. If it was pulling more than that, it would need to have a 20 amp plug anyway...

Good, I was hoping that will work. That's going to save me alot of money from hiring an electrician. Thank you kcarlile. I appreciate it!

Ditto Ken; you don't need a "really thick" extension cord. The standard sizes are rated for more than a sub amp would require. I've been using a regular 16ga extension cord with my EP500 for the past couple years.

Hmm... good to know. It seems to be impossible to find 14 gauge 2 prong extension cords.

That sounds good. I didn't want to short my sub any current.

Or short your current sub any.

Lol! Touche`