Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners EP350 or EP500 ?

Yes you can do the upgrade and I do belive Axiom covers the cost for the return shipping of the 350 if that helps.

When I was researching speakers the two towers I was trying to decide on where Axiom m80's or Onix Rocket RS850's. I chose the 80's and couldn’t be happier . Although I have often wondered if anyone out their had listened to both of them and what they thought. The 80's drivers ttmmbb seemed a better layout to me. When it came to the sub choice however I held off.

My Choices were the
Ep350v3 $758 shipped
Ep 500 $1,230 shipped
Av123 MFW-15 $599+ shipping
Dual MFW-15's $998+ shipping
And Emotivas new 12" duals for $1,000(have yet to be released)

I always want to get the most out of my dollar and 1,230 seems a bit much for me to pay for 1 sub. I keep going back to the MFW15 because from what I have read it seems to be more on par with the Ep600 but costs 1/3 the price of the 600. The only problem i have with the MFW15 is the size. Granted it is not as big as the 600 but with a 15" driver it is a monster. So then i look at the 350 and like the size of it better, plus it would match my high gloss cherry setup. However it costs about the same as the MFW15 which has been advertised as having Typical in-room response extending to 15-17Hz and is great for both movies and music! Then their is always the twin emo's that win on size by far. Even though their are two of them! :D............
Something inside always draws me back to the mfw15's but then i think about how much i love my axioms.....

The sub landscape has shifted a lot recently.

Its hard to get a handle on the MFW15 though given all the hype surrounding its release. Craigsub reviewed it very favourable, and is overall a reliable source, but I would like to see some other independant reviews with the appropriate measurements. Unfortunately, you don't see measurements on AV123 products very often and the graphs on their site give no indication of how the measurements were taken, so really don't tell you anything.

I am quite happy with my EP350 for what it does, but it definately dosn't go down into earth shaking territory that many want for movies.

If I were in the US, I would have been very tempted by the MFW15, but the costs of bringing one into Canada, and the costs of returning it were I not satisfied, eliminated it from my list.