Here's make take on the money part.

Tiny room, but maybe at somepoint in a larger room, will the 350 or another brand do it, I would image so.

The sub for me is important for music, but this is about movies.

If the EP500 DSP, makes the Sub, "smoother", safer, better sounding in movies ........

Well $500 is a weekend away, couple of days of memory, the $500 extra for the Sub will last for years......

I don't have money to burn, lots of projects and wants, but I would rather make one right purchase and wait for the second, than two "wrong" or cheaper purchases......

But if the DSP is more hype than reality, I've keep the $500!

So that's more to exactly what I'm asking.

Jeff


Fronts/Wides:M22s in/on
Center:VP150/VP100 in/on
Hghts,SS,SR:QS8s
Sub:EP500
AVR:Onkyo 3008