Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Subwoofer- the monster EP800 or two EP500s?

Thanks Dan,

Now it makes sense and you explained it much better than their web sight does.

No experience with butkickers but I almost wish the EP500 didn't work as well as it does (I said almost). Because it is so great at filling my 4000 cubic foot dedicated HT with LFE, I can't convince my wife to let me invest in a 2nd one.

Never heard the 600 hundred or 800 but I am sure two 500's will have your foundation crumbling within a few weeks. Remember to glue the china to the shelves in the china cabinet before you start!

Paul

AxiomJackson,

I can chime in here on the dual EP500's. I spent a year trying to get that "satisfied" low end rumble, depth and punch with 2 different subs.

After getting the dual EP500's I couldn't be happier. I currently have them stacked one on top of another and it's just incredible.

If you go with 2 EP500's, you won't regret it.

Dana

I bet someone will correct me, but if you have them stacked one on top of another, are not you just creating parallel wave forms, thus negating the entire purpose of having two subs with different wave patterns to reduce nulls?

Wouldn't the EP800 be the same thing, with 2 drivers, one above the other?

Yes, but it is still considered one sub.

I'm not sure if just that little bit of distance makes a difference, or not, which is why I said I may be corrected. I see the two drivers of either the EP800 or the stacked EP500s as a way to move more air, which is a good thing, but maybe not intended to replace the effects of two well placed subs.

This kinda goes along with what I've done with the M22s. Using bookshelf M22's with the on-wall M22's mounted vertically above sound better than either by themselves.

I think if you get the phase right, it would probably work just fine.

In fact it is easier to keep two drivers which are located on the same plane, and playing that same signal, from being out of phase, than two drivers located at different points in the room.

All I can tell you is what I hear & the 2 EP500's stacked on top of each other shakes the freaking room like I have never felt/heard..:)

And yes, I used to have them in separate front corners. I don't know if it's phase or what, but with them stacked in one corner, it's way better for "my room" of course...

Dana