Certainly, there have been many posts regarding the huge jump in "capability" from the 350 to the 500. People have posted regarding room size, type of music, the mains they've been mixed with, etc..etc..etc...
But, I haven't seen any posts regarding the suckage of listening rooms. So...short and sweet:
If one is in a crappy room (acoustically) that's only moderate size to start (13' square), is there any benefit to moving from a 350 to a 500?
My thoughts are that it will go deeper, but since the majority of my problems are huge peaks and nulls, any gain in output level or smoothness won't be realized.... the room physics are the same. On the other side, some of the 500's controls ("flat", etc) might help bit on the EQ side of things.
The new trade-up policy sounds fantastic, and I've never been this tempted before. But I'm not sure that I won't still be spending $700 to upgrade to a sub that will essentially look and sound the same as the one I have due to room restrictions.
My wife won't like that.... and she's pretty easygoing!
