Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Epic 80 500 with Denon 3808 bass issue(lack of)

That is an extreme scene and if you are trying to listen at reference levels, 85 db, I can understand why the Denon distorts a little, if you are 10 ft away from the speakers and if I use 92db sensitivity( a little lower than spec'd) for M80s in room,to cover the 105 db peaks, you would need about 180 watts, which is pushing the Denon pretty hard. From tests avaiable online the 3808 has about 227W available into the 4 ohm M80s but as this particular scene hits all channels, I suspect that the 227W is now much less and you are now into the max or more than what is avaialable from it. And are actually exceeding it's available power for the surrounds.

Kind of makes you want to buy an A1400 right?

I knew that the scene itself was demanding of audio equipment and I was listening at a volume louder than what I would normally listen at. I think I was demoing my system for a buddy at the time.

Don't get me started on an amp. I've been talking myself out of one for some time. It's one reason I set my fronts to small. Unless I can prove to myself that an amp will improve my system, I'm going to continue trying to talk myself out of one.

My daughter is awake now. I wonder if it was the 93 db peaks?

only 93db? Although I must say when I did my first audition with Mojo we had his little 2805(?) hitting 110db peaks in his room and it still sounded pretty clear to me, but we were only about 6ft away from any of his speakers, but the room is still 4000cf.

Maybe double check wire connections to make sure they haven't vibrated loose.