Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater I think I underestimated the EP500

Well after living with the ep500 for over a week now I must say that I am very impressed. Do I still want more output, well yes, since the sub’s volume is currently maxed out but I won’t be able to get it without upgrading. If you never seen my initial posts about my new system than to make a long story short the sub was coming up a little short in the db department since I have close to 12000 ft^3 to fill.

That said I had some alone time with a few movies in the last couple of days and got a chance to listen to levels at which the wife won’t watch with me. I must say the output from the ep500 was surprising. My couch rattled a few times but more than anything you could feel the LFE. My walls and windows were not rattling but the overall feeling of pressure was huge! I couldn’t believe it. While I could try turning the gain way up in the receiver to get higher levels of LFE at lower volumes I will still be topping this sub out when I watch at high volumes. Oh and I only really noticed just how significant the difference was after watching scenes back to back with the sub on and then off.

So I convinced the wife and an EP600 is on the way!!! I’ll audition both subs and see which one I’ll keep (most likely the 600!!!). I’ll see if the extra output of the 600 is enough to balance the system.

Oh and I should put out a big thanks to Axioms customer service. I was prepared to pay for the EP800 when they advised me against it. They mentioned that it did go lower but not necessarily louder due to the sealed design. Most companies would have shut up and taken the money! Also because I will presumably be sending the EP500 back they only billed me the difference between the 500 and 600. Again very nice since they could have charged the full amount for the 600 and only credited after the safe return of the 500. Service like that keeps customers coming back!

Good luck! Sounds promising.
Did you get the horizontal or vertical configuration?

You would be better to keep both subs and place them on opposite walls centered. While the output of the 600 is greater than the 500, you not going to find a huge difference. In that room you need multiple subs. I've pretty muched owned all of Axiom's subs at one point or another and I don't think your going to see a huge difference.

Placement is key, so not sure you have experimented. Maxing out the volume is not the answer.

I currently have an EP600 and twin EP350v3's spaced out around my 8100 cubic ft room.

12000 c.ft......wow!! 30x50 ft?

No kidding, that is a giant room

And I thought my room was huge, I'll move down to 2nd place.

Mind you, the wife and I went home shopping in the spring, and a lot of the newer homes are all open, with lofts (which generally have like 18 ft ceilings overlooking the living room) so I guess it's not tough to get that much area. 25' x 25' x 18' is over 11,000 ft^3

Thats good news osborne. Do try both subs at the same time to see what that does for you in your room.

Just get the Epic 80 - 600 7.4 system

Problem solved