I will post some by tomorrow, promise. Working on them tonight.

Yay! I got my Axiom order! Oh, wait, it's just the ceiling brackets.

Wow, so you're going to hang the subs?

Well, since they don't have ports, I have to work another sick fetish into them.

Make sure you screw into a stud!

Err... wait...

I await your expert analysis. Yes it's been painful waiting for the 800 to arrive but the outcome is amazing, so incredibly smooth and integrated, commanding yet perfectly unobtrusive, all is forgiven. I thought the 600 sounded impressive and would surely have been satisfied, but this transports me well beyond desire for anything more. I cannot believe how much more realistic everything sounds, not just LFEs, my impression of Axiom has taken a quantum leap. Does justice to our single couch seating arrangement, of course I wish I'd ordered two, but glad I only ordered one, my wife's response upon returning from work was, "OMG that's f*ing huge!" (yes, we do share a verbal filter issue).

Take heart, tomorrow sometimes comes.

So I've made a decision. As I truly am a bass freak, I'm going to add to the ep800 (which should be here today or tomorrow). But before I go ahead and splurge again I was just wondering:

Should I go with another 800 or two 500s? What of power? will that much power kill my breaker? (to be honest I really, REALLY liked Terzaghi's idea of the two 800s and two 500s... but i'm not sure about the technical aspect of doing so. I guess I have some studying to do. What would I need to add to my 3808 to make that work? so many choices, and not enough knowledge!! i hate that!

Congrats on the very nice looking new sub. You may want to watch The Discovery Channel's show (can't remember what it was) on the effects of a jackhammer on the human body.

But seriously, I love that finish and wish I had waited and splurged on my own speakers.

Question.
Probably a silly question but my EP500 gave off enough electromagnetic interference to drive my infrared blaster nuts when they sat close by. My room would go crazy and I was going crazy trying to troubleshoot until I discovered that the red LED on the blaster to indicate it received a signal was actually pulsing in time with the deepest bass.

Any chance that having double 12" drivers will have an effect on the M80 in such close proximity?

Before diving in, definitely wait until you have the one sub to put down $ for anything else. As Satkartr mentions, one of these bad boys does a very nice job filling your room with sound. If you have a big room and care that the bass is smooth for every seat in the room (as opposed to just being perfect where you and your wife sit and watch), then you'd be a better candidate to add another sub.

When I did my initial room tuning with the EP800 and the EP600, I found that the incremental benefit of having the two subs (+ another less capable sub I've always used in the rear of the room) was very small. I was surprised at how little the EP600 added to the effect when the other two subs had already been equalized to flatten response in the room. Given that, I decided to leave the 600 unplugged and sell it as I just can't justify all that additional money for a very modest improvement in frequency response (and the improvement is only in other seats, not the ones my wife and I sit in). I'd look at the argument the same way from your perspective, just that you haven't yet put the money down on a second sub and I've already invested in my 600.

As for the 800 versus 2 500s, I'd definitely add another 800. You get diminishing returns as you add additional subwoofers, so you're going to get a better incremental result from adding one 800 than from adding 2 500s.



Nothing more than a $2 Y-adapter for the RCA cables leading to the 2 subwoofers.

If you're really obsessed with flat response, look into adding a Behringer Feedback Destroyer (BFD) equalizer to tune the response in your primary listening position to be as flat as possible. It's less than $200 and a lot cheaper than adding a pair of EP500s.

Jason