Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners EP500 - No / Barely any LFEs

Its amazing how much more the QS8s put out... I think Im at the end of my speaker budget for now (other projects) but I will be wanting QS8s for the rears and moving the QS4s to Heights when I can do a receiver and the additional speakers.

But I have been looking at a new Onkyo 3007? 9.2! Other projects may have to wait, maybe not! For me it has something to do with the OSD thru my HTPC.

Thanks.

Not worried, but I would think, from what all of you have said about the power of the EP500 in larger rooms, that I wouldn't have my settings as high as I do.... It's probably just me, but the gut says something ain't right. My settings? something .. as I have said before .. in comparison to my 10" JBL .. I was thinking liver damage .. but seems I keep turning the EP500 up!

Jeff, there were some postings back a few months ago that seemed to indicate that the volume knob on the 500 was modified so it had to be turned up a bit more.

It's not any less powerful, but it seemed that many people found they had no "range" to work with on the knob...i.e., they barely turned it up a couple of notches to have it blasting!

I'll give that a go!

Thanks

Mark is right, they did change the range. I think I had the older EP500s, and there was very little range to work with. It was either too quiet, a small area of just right (like between 1:30 and 2 o'clock), or way too much. Don't worry about turning it up if you want to, the subs have internal protection.

I feel better, will go do a little spin on the knob and not feel like I'm breaking a rule, and just enjoy

Spin away. As long as it sounds good to you. I think a lot of people like to run the sub a little hot for movies. I certainly did in the beginning. As I tweeked I gradually brought the sub in line with the rest of the system. Really though, as long as it sounds good to you...

It's probably just the difference of having all these new speakers and new brands and getting use to it.

Actually, for the most part, I think most I have listened to, have ehough "Audio Bass".

It's just when I'm watching a movie, as an example 2012 and I can't feel or barely feel the earthquakes, I feel like somethings not quite right. Watching the Depth Charge seen in U-572(?), That's when I had to turn it up to "feel" the bass in the movie.

I'll get it right, I'm new to audio(truely caring about the audio and having the correct gear to do it), anal, and over analyze all. So I'm always second guessing myself.

So now it's time to get some video calibration disks and drive myself nuts with those!

Thanks

Nothing wrong with that at all. I like to run my bass "hot" for movies as well. Adjust to your liking. The EP500 should be able to handle it with no problem. I'm a lazy bastard, and while I am enjoying a beer, wine or hard liquor (or whatever else ) I like to adjust the sub at the receiver level with the remote so I don't have to get out of my chair. After the movie I adjust it back to the original setting.