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

Hey Mark, you just proved his point, even the EP350v3 is overpriced when you look at things like the Outlaw, av123 MFW-15 dual systems. You spend quite a bit more money to get one DSP based Axiom sub or about $100 more for the EP350, in contrast the Paradigm DSP series of subs are cheaper, the DSP3200 can be bought for ~$650-700 cdn, and equal to the EP350/ EP500, IMO.

That "overpriced" comment on the other thread was a recent post from a resident here.

I wouldn't touch a MFW-15 for anything. AV123 had a great Christmas special that lasted well into maybe the second week in January. Two Rocket 850's and TWO MFW-15 for $1800 I think. That caused me to really consider those until I ran across thread after thread and post after post of problem after problem.

Maybe I should look into the Outlaw sub. I think I will right now!

I prefer front loaded subs. I think they are more "musical"

Well, I guess my point was that there IS a grain of truth to it, witnessed by the fact that I'm favoring Outlaw at the moment.

But I don't think it's AS true as it was a few years ago, when the disparity was greater and pretty much across-the-board. And I think some people on forums take old information and re-post it as the current truth. They heard several times a few years ago that Axiom subs were not a good value, so they re-iterate it to others. There still might be some truth to it, but it's not as cut-and-dry as they make it sound, or as cut-and-dry as it used to be...

I have 2 EP500's and I can say they are not overkill in a 16x18x9 ft room. Having two subs, as said before, actually helps the room obtain a smoother frequency response. There are less "bad seats" and bigger "sweet spots" with multiple subs. Of course, I had to turn the subs down a bit since there were two of them instead of one, but the result is great.

Also, as far as subs from other companies, I'm sure that there are subs that perform as well, if not better than Axioms for the price. But, I like all of my speakers to "match" (same manufacturer). Seeing multiple manufacturers in my 7.2 setup would start to bug me after a while.

Another thing is that I am a sucker for customer service, and I can say first hand that I've never had better service from a company than I've had from Axiom. When I contacted them about the EP800's, I was offered a very generous trade in value for my EP500's. Many companies just don't do that, and it's one of the biggest reasons I went with Axiom in the first place, and intend to stay with them.

Those last two paragraphs are two of the biggest reasons I went with my EP600, despite what I thought was a hefty price tag for the performance.

They say there is no big deal about matching a sub with speakers. I can't help but think that there is a lot going on in R&D to help a developer's sub match seemlessly into their product line. So I understand the notion of staying with the same product line throughout. So I will stay with the Axiom sub and most likely stay with the 350. BUT I might still have another day or so to change my mind. Back to the torture process. (Oh wait! We don't allow torture anymore in this country!)

Not officially anyway, but there are many places in the world where it can be done on site.

Not with our new President. Oh wait a minute. NO POLITICS and RELIGION>

What, he's outlawing Bose? I think I like this guy.