Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Sub/AVR Volume and dB level settings?

Heck ol Rick would freeze to death up here right now, it's 11dergees with a wind chill of -5. Looks like it's gonna be a looooooooooooong coooooooooooooold one

Randy that 7:30 - 8:00 position on the 600 isn't anything set in stone, I have a bad habit of playing with that control at times...usually that would be the max setting.

11? As in 11 degrees *above* freezing? I'd die if it ever got below 60 degrees *above* freezing here...you guys need to turn the heat up on those subs a little, that will heat things up a bit!

I'm running the 2 (non co-located) EP500's at 6 o'clock each. And the receiver sub level at -6 dB. This is a little hot from reference however.

I will tell you what I read many times over in other forums. Many people keep their AVR sub level at 0 or in the negative. Some receivers introduce distortion into the signal when the sub level on the receiver gets into the positive. If you put the sub level in your receiver too low, you run the risk of the auto on feature not waking up. In general if you put your sub at -5 (in a -10 to +10 possible settings) you should have the best of both worlds. If you look on SVS website, it is actually what they recommend for these same reasons. Of course with the EP500 auto on is not an issue, and with most modern receivers, distortion shouldn't be an issue, but if you have the option of being at -5 on your receiver and adjust your sub level on the sub from there, why not do it just to be safe.

Actually there is a way to "power-down" the EP-500 when you turn off the AVR. You need to connect a trigger-out from the AVR to the trigger-input on the EP-500. When the AVR is OFF the light on the back of the EP-500 turns yellow. When the AVR is ON the light turns green.

Maybe the engineers at Axiom will tell us exactly what this does in terms of power to the EP-500.

"To live outside the law you must be honest."

"POWER INDICATOR: The LED Power indicator glows Green when it’s on and Yellow indicating a fault"

I thought the green light means power on and no faults. Amber light means fault or no signal.

The amp is always on unless you flip the switch to turn it off.

OK. But see my email and the reply to Axiom:

Hi>
I have an EP-500. I have been using the trigger plug on the back of the sub to connect a trigger signal from my AVR. When the AVR is off, the light on the sub turns amber, when the AVR is turned on the light on the sub turns green. I thought I read something at one time to suggest this was proper. But now as I read more, I am thinking that this is not correct at all. It seems that this plug-in is for a trigger signal out from the sub NOT into the sub. Can you explain this to me. And do you think I did any damage to the EP-500 by doing this? Thanks for your help. Maret
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Hi Maret,

After verification with our engineering department, I can reassure you. You have connected your EP500 the proper way and it is functioning exactly as it should.

Thanks again for your e-mail! Please do not hesitate to contact me directly anytime - my contact information is below - or call the Axiom toll-free line at 1-866-244-8796 - any of our Audio Experts would be pleased to help.

Happy Holidays Maret!

JC
Jean-Claude Benoît, ISF
Axiom Audio Expert
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:-) M60ti VP150 QS8 EP500 AVR-4806

"But to live outside the law, you must be honest.
I know you always say that you agree."

Axiom's reply is all you need.

Green means the sub is receiving the trigger on (or is getting signal). Amber means no signal (trigger off). The amp in the sub is still on (it doesn't go off unless you switch it off).

Hi:
Actually, Love is all you need.

See the email from Axiom below .
Hi Maret,

Ça va très bien, merci !

The trigger puts the amp in a sleeping mode, reducing power consumption next
to nothing.

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année, Maret !

jc

Bienvenue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maret Panzenbeck" <maphiker@charter.net>
To: <jc@axiomaudio.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:16 AM
Subject: RE: Axiom Audio Response to Your Request


Hi CV:

Ca va? Thanks for researching this for me. Can the engineers tell me exactly what the trigger setup from the AVR to the EP-500 does? Am I decreasing power consumption by the EP-500? Merci. Joyeux Noel!

Maret


Maret Panzenbeck
11 Hawthorne Hill Rd.
Newtown, CT 06470
maphiker@charter.net


-----Original Message-----
From: jc@axiomaudio.com [mailto:jc@axiomaudio.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:22 AM
To: maphiker@charter.net
Subject: Axiom Audio Response to Your Request



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