Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners EP350 or EP400?

Yes, tried small...tried everything I can think of...

No I haven't calibrated...I don't have a sound meter. Only calibration I can do is with the mic that comes with the yammy, I'm gonna go try that now...from what I'm hearing, something definitely is not right, Be right back, gonna calibrate with the mic...

Dana

Ok, Just ran thru the avr setup on my yammy. The bass got much lower, no bottom end. I just set it back manually.

I will tell you also when I first got it and hooked it up, it did not work at all. I was fairly frustrated & shocked. I called JC & he was freaked out as well. He told me the only thing I could do is remove the speaker and see if a wire had came off.

Sure enough, I removed the speaker and the speaker wire that goes to the back of the amp was completely off. I re connected it and all was well, it worked anyway.

It's pretty hard to believe that happened during shipping as the box was in excellent condition. But who knows...

Stranger yet, it took 2 full days before they ever shipped it, I just thought they were checking it out before shipping. I know when I ordered my M80's they went out that very same day. I told JC my concerns.

I think I'm going to have to send it back. I just turned the volume on the EP350 all the way up and that should have blasted me with bass, but nothing even close.

This has been a pretty bad experience with this sub.

Dana

This post confused me. Is the bass lower with no bottom end, or is there no bass, or is the speaker wire connected, is it not, did it take 2 days, 1 day, is it going back, is it staying?

Dana, I have a couple of questions. I finished reading the auto setup for my Yammie and for the sub it says to have the output volume set to halfway or less and the crossover frequency set to maximum. Did you do this? If you did, sorry. But I agree with the others here that the sub should be blasting pretty good.
Mel N.

Yes, Followed the instructions exactly.

Dana

Dana:
It IS beginning to sound like there's a defect, but try one thing before packing it all up: Just hook up a DVD player straight into it's RCA composite connections and play a CD to see if you get bass. Ensure that the crossover is as high as it can go and (if there is one), the bypass...er...isn't.

Bypassing everything else will let you know for sure.

Yea Mark,

The telling tale was I just re connected the old 100wt JBL and the JBL walked all over this 350.

I just called JC and explained things to him, he remembered the thing didn't even work when I first hooked it up. He's going to send me another one and swap this one out.

It almost sounds to me like the amp is defective or the crossover is shot...something is not right and JC agreed. Hopefully, the replacement will work correctly.

Oh well, at least the customer service is excellent. I'm sure I won't get 2 defective 350's in a row (I hope).

Talk to you all when the replacement comes...

Dana

Good luck with the replacement. It's always frustrating when a new toy doesn't work like it should.

I will just add I don't like the way the Yamaha set things up, the avr XO is at 120? Way too high to me, especially if the mains get set to large as well. When you get the next one, set the mains to small and the avr crossover to 80 and adjust the calibration by ear if you have to, then try the Yamaha set up to see what it does to the system.