 Re: Just set up my new epic80-500 system in 7.1
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The integration of the sub with the fronts has been no problem and it does sound eactly as you described, like there is no sub, just more bass from the mains.
As for output, as I have said there is alot of output but my system is telling me not quite enough to balance the system correctly. In fact while watching x-men 3 during the scene where the professor dies there was enough air movment from the sub to shake the leaves of a plant 2 to 3 inches away from the sub. While I don't mind one bit having the knob turned all the way up I would like more bass than what I am getting in my huge room.
So far after another day and 4 movies down my impressions of the system just keep getting better and better. Certain scenes in movies just blow me away, the powerful explosions yes but mostly the clarity and imaging of the speakers. There is a sceene in band of brothers Bastonge where the medic is lost, walking through the forest in complete slience. Then a twigg naps. You would swear someone broke a stick 10 feet in front of you!!!
And i think I might be calling Axiom about the 800 today.....
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Yes I'm going to await my second replacement driver's arrival before I make any more comments about the 800's full output. I will just say that SO FAR it doesn't come close to the full output of my old sub, but that may very well change. If this isn't the case, then I guess there are just a lot of bugs to work out of these new amps, and that's why there have been so many complaints about them.
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Now I still don't understand why they need an 800 watt amp, In a sealed sub you need EQ [dsp] to boost the bottom end to play flat. Boosting takes a lot of power.
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Micah, I doubt there is anything special about Axiom subs in creating bass "as it was intended" compared to some other fine sub companies. You can crank up any fine sub including Axiom's so that your home stereo is over bassed. Just my opinion.
Bill It's brute force vs finesse. You see when the EP800 reproduces a pipe organ, you can actually TELL that it's reproducing a pipe organ, fancy that. In fact while it's belting out musical notes, you can distinguish one musical instrument from another... simply amazing! It doesn't just go 'BOOM BOOM BOOM' all the live long day, it actually speaks to you. Oh yes, it is an audiophile subwoofer. Turn the EP500 or 800 up as far as you like, it will never match the shear force some other subs can hit you with, but that's not what it was designed to do... ... This is the difference I'm speaking of. Well maybe when you get your EP800 fixed you will get both accuracy and force. I get both with my SVS PC-Ultra Bill
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It's unclear why some subs which are apparently less capable on an objective measured basis, give some an impression of greater "loudness". Boominess at certain frequencies? Higher distortion simulating loudness?
That is wisdom JohnK. I had a low end sub that used to rattle my fireplace screen in a former house. When I upgraded to a quality sub that stopped. I can shake pictures on the wall now with my SVS PC-Ultra, but only at insane levels that I would never listen at. Bill
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As a reference, my living room is somewhat of an L shape. My living room space is 20X20X8. It opens to a 13x4x8 "hallway" that leads to the door and upstairs/downstairs.
In that room, the EP500 (and 3808) puts out *scary* amounts of bass/LFE.
Last edited by Hansang; 08/25/09 01:31 AM.
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