Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners EP 350 vs. EP 500

All I can say is that with the old EP350 a number of people on the board would quietly observe that there were other good sub vendors in the price range that might also be worth looking at. With the EP350v3 we don't seem to do that any more.

Between EP350 and EP500 it's primarily a function of room size, how loud you want to plan, and how much money you have

Seriously, even in a small room the EP500 would be "better", but as the room gets larger and/or you want to play louder the extra power helps and the DSP gives you a more intelligent limiter so that if you do push past the sub's limits you just get volume compression not that awful "grunk" sound.

How big is your room again ?

Can the EP 500 be "a bit much"?

I really don't think the 500 would be overkill in any size room. From a volume capability perspective, yes, but much more important to me is how low a sub plays, and the 500 plays lower. Fred's response a few posts back is right on the money. You could put an EP350 and an EP500 in an 800 cubic foot room and still get the benefit of the lower extension of the 500 when watching movies.

If you have a moderately sized room, I'd make your selection between these two (or the competition) based more on how low a sub can play with flat response than how loudly it can play. If you're primarily a movie watcher, the extra punch in the low frequencies will be well worth it.

Jason

Thanks Jason!

Just read an interesting thread.

http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/home-audio-speakers/10623-axiom.html

There is no overkill when it comes to subwoofers, the more the better, espcially for a flat frequency response throughout the room.

Axiom subs are not thought of with high regard on some other forums.

And I would wager that's by people who have never heard them.

I linked a thread twice.

Ken, yes that is normally the case. Most people on AVS and other forums that like to bash Axiom for being bright, harsh, etc. will even tell you it was hearsay, they've never actually heard Axioms.