Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Comments by Sound&Vision reviewer about EP600

I felt comfortable saying the Axiom was my favorite, and that the SVS was the best value (that one was a no-brainer). But that's it.

dftkell, the Axiom is of a different configuration than the other subs - its driver and vent sit a couple of feet off the floor. Thus, it reacted differently with the acoustics of my room. The other subs delivered fairly flat response when they sat in my "subwoofer sweet spot." With the Axiom, because its drivers were higher, it didn't get as much benefit from the sweet spot. I could hear unevenness, particularly in the 30 to 50 Hz range. I ran an RTA sweep from my listening chair and it confirmed several unusual low-frequency bumps that weren't there in the close-miked response.

However, I'm more interested in the 50 to 80 Hz range, which is where you hear the articulation of the bass notes, and it's in that range that the Axiom really got me. I didn't see anything particularly unusual in the RTA results in this frequency range, so I don't think the different position was giving the Axiom a significant advantage in this range - I think most of it had to do with the Axiom's inherent sound quality.

I overlooked the problems in the lower range because they weren't the fault of the Axiom. I might have been able to find a better spot for it in my room, but then I'd have been listening to it in a different environment from the other subs. Even with the frequency response errors I heard, though, something about the sound really got me. It's like my all-time-favorite girlfriend, who was beautiful and fun but not particularly well-endowed.

I have never had any issues with integration on the EP350 regardless of where I put it in the room. I suspect this has to do with how well the EP drivers handle that 50Hz and up range.