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I AM GOING TO ORDER THE EPIC 80 HOME THEATER SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW I HAVE A KLIPSCH KSW -12
SUBWOOFER WICH HAS 440 WATTS OPPOSED TO THE EP350 200 WATT SUB.. WOULD ANYBODY GIVE ME ADVICE AS TO KEEP MY KLIPSCH AND NOT ORDER THE EP350 SUB.
THANKS
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Re: SUBWOOFERS
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Joined: Dec 2003
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Your Klipsch is actually rated for 105W. The 440W is "dynamic power"... a marketing term for the most possible power deliverable to the driver downhill, with a tail wind, in a vacuum, etc, etc.
It's like computer speakers being rated either RMS (root mean square) or PMPO (potential maximum power output)... my 8W RMS old-school Altec computer satellites handle a lot more power than the Juster 200W PMPO ones available for $5-$10 at Future Shop.
It's apples and oranges, people like hearing big numbers.
Bren R.
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Very few people here would go with Klipsch over Axiom - for a new purchase - but as a long-time Klipsch fan, who has recently become an Axiom fan I'll weigh in with my 2 cents...
I haven't heard it, but there is no doubt in my mind that Axiom makes a good sub. I have heard the Klipsch sub and it is also good. Which is better - who knows? Which sounds better with the Axiom system - probably the Axiom sub - but I can't say for sure. Most people here would buy SVS or HSU. I like my Velodyne. If it were me, I would probably skip the Axiom sub and try it with the Klipsch because I am lazy and cheap. For the good of the board, many of us would probably like you to buy the Axiom and compare it to the Klipsch and report back - but that takes a chance on having to ship a sub back (or use the lesser of the two for a secondary system) if it is not any better than the one you have.
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Joined: Aug 2004
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I'll give my 2 cents advice:
If you have a fairly big size room (say >= 20 ft x 15 ft x 20 ft cathedral ceiling)consider an SVS sub. I found it the hard way that the EP250 (200 watt) is not sufficient. I returned the EP350 and bought an SV25-31PCPLUS (525 watt sub) which is comparable to the soon to be released EP500 or EP600. Please read all my posts under my name "rdm" (use the search button). I have been very happy ever since with my system (SV sub and Axiom speakers).
Rogel (Calgary, Canada)
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