Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners ep800 info and 2 channel amp

Are you sure you hooked up the sub to the "Sub Out" RCA connection on the back of the 3808? This should be connected directly to the sub "line in" without a splitter.

yup, it's in the sub out and in the line in (and without splitter)... my old big box system had one that's why i thought I needed one.

the 800 just isn't pumping like I think it should. What's more is that the sub gives of more rumble than thump.

Tried the settings (80 crossover on the 3808 and bypass on the 800), and it did help a bit but even when I put the sub volume to max, it's there, but not "wow" there... if you know what i mean.

I'm wondering if maybe I turned the volume back to zero before connecting it to the 3808... in the manual it says to have it set 1/4 volume, which i did, but I'm thinking I may have 'absent-mindedly' turned back down for some reason. Would that make a difference? in the manual it says that the receiver may set the volume too low in that case.

Are you talking about the volume on the sub, or the level on the sub channel in the receiver?

What material are you using? I presume it is movies, but you didn't mention anything in previous posts.

When you say you are not getting the bass you should, is this compared to a previous sub?

Is the EP800 in a different location from what you had previously?

You should try the sub woofer crawl. With subs its all about placement as with all speakers but especially subs. I find that even after a sub crawl, you may need another to flatten the responce of the room. i hope that this helps. I have a ep600 and had the same issues that you are encountering. the sub placement is night and day when you find the "spot"

hope that this helps.

I have my EP800 set at 10 o'clock (my old EP500's were set at about 7 o'clock). Since the same internal amp is powering two drivers instead of one, you may need to turn the dial up a bit on the sub.

Well, I don't know if this had anything to do with it, but when I was playing with the volume's knob yesterday, I realized that when I would turn it, it wasn't a "smooth" turn - the knob was a little crooked I think. Today, as I was testing/showing the sub to a friend, I turned the knob to max volume and it snapped of in my hand when I reached the limit point!! it broke straight at the base of the little bar the knob slides onto...

I just wrote Noreen an email, so hopefully something can be done!

As for the other information, the sub really wasn't producing any more bass than my jvc big box sub that I got some 6 years ago.

who has set up the 800? and what are your settings?

that sub should blow you out of the water. My EP600's gain (volume) knob is like 6-7 o'clock, very lowwww. Also, you never really answered my ealier questions about what material your testing with, what type of music, movies, etc.

My basement is hugggggge, like 30ft x 31ft x 9ft, there is no way I could turn my 600 all the way up, the house would fall down.

Did you call the 800 main help line and talk to one of the techs, they man the phones late and can work with you, Noreen really is not the right person to call.

I have my EP-800 set at 11:00 for gain but I'm still playing around with my settings and don't run my subs hot. My EP-500 by the way is set at 7:00

ok, if you say you can't turn it all the way to max then there is definitely a problem... maybe my settings??

I had a party last night and we listened to every thing from house to rock to reggae.. and HIP HOP... where the bass should have been pumping! but it was almost a muffled bass... it's hard to describe... what about the switches on the back, anything I should know about there?