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Re: Changes to EP500?
EFalardeau #268192 08/04/09 08:55 PM
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That could be one of your problems, if the receiver is sending stuff to your M22's that they can't handle, you're missing out on the bass in those frequencies that are getting lost. Try setting them to small and see if the missing bass shows up.

Beyond that its hard for me to understand how a room could completely saturate all of the bass coming out of the EP500? He was saying that sitting right next to it he can hardly hear it, & that the woofer cone barely moves. The woofer cones on my EP800 move so much they'd break my finger if I tried to touch them during some songs. So to me it definately sounds like a set-up or possibly an amp problem.


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Re: Changes to EP500?
Micah #268193 08/04/09 08:57 PM
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And they should be set to "small" in the receiver's configuration, not the Oppo. The Oppo's setting only controls the analog outputs.


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Re: Changes to EP500?
Micah #268195 08/04/09 09:03 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Micah
That could be one of your problems


That could be the SOLE problem.

It just might be that the way the receiver is set up, the LFE of movies gets dutifully sent to the sub... and he's reporting movies sound great.

But, as Micah said, with music, you're assigning bass to the M22s that they can't reproduce. In stereo mode, your subs' woofer won't be moving because you've directed all your bass away from it to a speaker that doesn't reproduce deeper bass..... and there's your hole. (shut up, Peter!)


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Re: Changes to EP500?
EFalardeau #268205 08/04/09 11:13 PM
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Thanks I will re set it but I wasnt really letting the Oppo manage anything anyways and even when I listen to music on the TV with out the oppo even on it sounded the same. And according to Home theater definition small is anything with a 4.5 inch woofer and smaller the M22 has 2, 5 and a quarter inch woofers so they say its large. This is why I am calling pros one person says one thing then I read another thing the opposite. My A/V does not ask if its small or large just what crossover which I have at 80Hz and distance and channel level and thats about it but it does have a room EQ which I have off. so it cant be the problem what I have the Oppo player at. What Micah is saying makes me think the sub or the sherwood might have a problem the driver is never moving like he describes. I can barely see it moving during all songs CRAP. my A/V crossover is at 80Hz on every speaker so I cant be assigning the bass to the M22s right? I take that back if I crank it all the way up see it movving quite a bit and then I get that rumbling bass that isnt even part of the song

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Re: Changes to EP500?
th3at3rguy #268211 08/05/09 12:20 AM
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And when I turn up bass heavy rap it doesnt really sound good and the bass sounds distorted. It figures I get the one EP500 that has something wrong with it. Or my sherwood newcastle r772 has a problem but something is wrong somewhere this system should sound great.

Re: Changes to EP500?
th3at3rguy #268213 08/05/09 12:38 AM
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The fact that it sounds great with movies leads me to believe that there is a setting somewhere for stereo mode that is not sending bass to the sub correctly.


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terzaghi #268215 08/05/09 12:45 AM
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I have went through every setting on my Sherwood R772 so many times and tried everything. I am going to have the stereo guys bring another amp to see how it sounds also. But I hope they solve this. It is the best stereo shop we have out here in Flint Michigan so I will let you guys know. I wish I wasnt such a perfectionist with everything I own. I also own a $10,000 computer (see digitalstormonline.com) I know they hate me because they had to replace so much stuff on it til it was perfect.

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th3at3rguy #268217 08/05/09 01:13 AM
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Guy, as some of the previous replies have indicated, to get proper bass to the sub when you're playing in stereo mode you should set all speakers small on the 772 with an 80Hz crossover, and the low pass filter on the sub should be turned all the way up to 150Hz so that it doesn't interfere with the 80Hz crossover that the 772 is doing. Despite the suggestions in the manual, deciding whether to set speakers large or small based on their physical size is nonsense and should be ignored.


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Re: Changes to EP500?
JohnK #268223 08/05/09 02:04 AM
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I dont play in stereo its always in a 5.1 mix of some sort and all my Xovers are at 80Hz. I did set my sub to BYpass 150hz. But for some reason I am not getting the performance that the 500 is capable of. But thanks, Guy

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th3at3rguy #268226 08/05/09 02:24 AM
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You spent $10k on a computer? That's nucking futs! \:o

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