Hey Luc,
Forgive me - I remember thinking that your home is lovely, but do not recall just how much space you have to fill. My recollection is that you have a large, open floor plan with your listening area adjoining other parts of the house.
These types of questions usually come down to a few points: How big is your room? What percentage of your listening is music v. movies? How loud do you listen?
I agree that PSB makes wonderful products. That model looks like it has a good design. I have not heard it. The only thing that matters is that you are happy.
AND...
That is not a particularly powerful amplifier. In addition, the enclosure is quite small. The combination of those things makes me think that it might not be terribly successful in "pressurizing" a large, open space.
I believe that Jay (jakewash) noted quite a difference in his overall satisfaction with M22's after upgrading his sub. Since it seems that you DO watch a lot of movies and have expressed concern about the "fullness" of the M22 soundstage, it is very possible that a larger and/or more powerful sub would give you not only better performance from the M22's, but also significantly deeper effects.
Perhaps you could find someone near you that has a very powerful subwoofer (even if it is not Axiom) and you could audition some movie material that you know well.
I can't help but think that an EP350 or EP500 would make quite a large difference for you.
room is around 14x14 (depending of the day, lol). The sub seems adequate as we often think the windows will break apart. I didn't audition anything else (related to subs) for the last 10-12 years. You cannot measure what you cannot hear. If we turn it on/off it's a complete different experience.
I'm meeting FamilyMan this Saturday, for an audition. He have the ep600!! luckily for him, it doesn't fit into my car!
They also have a nice pair.. of m-80
Can't wait to hear how it sound. A good test would be to plug my m22 on his system.
My wife gets crazy, one day I told her that we should only upgrade the sub, next day the fronts, then the center. At least she will be able to hear it for herself.
the ratio is :
gaming : 40%
movies :50%
music: 10%
