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The only time I had my junk jiggled more severely in a theater than in someone's living room was when I saw Batman Forever in '95 (or was it Batman Returns in '92?) at Grauman's (Mann) Chinese Theater in Hollywood. I swear my clothing was rippling like from a stiff wind, and that was just the opening titles!

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I swear my clothing was rippling like from a stiff wind, and that was just the opening titles!

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And you assume it had nothing to do with the Burrito El Grande?

(sorry)

I think you have to pay significantly more to get a sub that really goes down much lower. What I know is the Outlaw exceeds my needs by a good margin.

The other day I was out in my office working and the emergency broadcast system started up with a warning about tornados for the next two hours. Pretty unusual for California but I grew up in the tornado belt in the midwest so I have all these memories of cowering in the basement waiting for the house to disappear. About an hour after the warning I went accross the breezeway to my workshop. That part of the house is constructed of reinforced concrete and is semi-attached to the wood frame part of the house where the HT is. All of a sudden there was this deep rumbling and shaking of the room like a frieght train approaching the house. I ran outside to see if it was a tornado but the sound diminished. I then realised it was the 11 year old son watching the Incredibles. Its a good thing he doesn't like to play things very loud.

I love my SVS 20-39PCi sub. Has worked wonderfully for me. It is very large and my wife wasn't too happy at first, but now that I have it kind of "tucked away" she doesn't seem to mind. If you want something that matches your finish, then go with a larger Axiom sub. I hear that they are very nice. I went with the SVS because it was considered a better value for the price than Axiom about 7 months ago, but now the higher end Axioms are very respected.

I also almost went with a HSU. In fact, I waspretty much sold on getting on at my local CompUSA because of no need for shipping costs, but then I found out that the one that they carried (no longer carry now) would be too small for my needs.

HSU and SVS are very respected and both offer great subs (and I've already mentioned to great comments about the EP500 and larger subs) so you aren't going to go wrong here, just that the more you spend, the louder (and possibly lower) you will be able to go.

As for SVS box vs. cylinder, I liked the "unique" look of the cylinder, and the fact that it is lighter, if you can say that about the hefty sub, than the box sub, so it is easier, I guess, to move if you need to move it. Plus it costs a little less due to easier and less expensive manufacturing costs.

Thanks everyone for all the input. I'm still waiting for some clarification on the EP500 auto-on feature.

Will keep you posted once I get something!

ramzing

I just posted a response in another thraed. No, the Ep500/600 do not have a remote/auto-on capability, both can be controled by a trigger wire. Hope this helps and sorry, did not see your question sooner.

Thanks Tharkun!
Trigger wire - not exactly sure what that is ... is that what the USB port on the EP500/600 is for?

ramzing

The trigrer wire (cable) has a mini jack and uses a siganl from a a processor or receiver that has the capabilites of sending a signal to a componet to power it on and off. I will be using the Axiom balanced cables with trigger wire for my 600s, one from the EQ (still making a decision which type to use) and a second cable to connect the two 600s together, since they will be co-located.



There is no real need to power the 500/600 off, as it does have a power saving mode, when no sigal is present, it goes into a standby mode, and has minimal power useage.

The USP port serves two purposes, first would be for connecting to a computer for any future firmware upgrades. Second, available from the Axiom store is the USB Light, which is compatable with any USB device, and works well on the 500/600 if you have either placed in an area where light is needed for adjustments to the subs.

Thanks for the information. I did not know about the power save mode on the EP500/600.

Dammit! Just when I thought I had it all narrowed down to the big three subs, I come across reviews of the Rocket UFW 10 incher on HTSpot - just what I needed (not!) to make matters more complicated.

Choice is good. um. right.