Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Thinking of upgrading but not sure what

I also think that your best upgrade would be the center but since it's not an option and if you really want to upgrade, I'd go with the sub, specially since you do more movies than music. JMO.

lol I'm shocked that you guys are actively discouraging me lol

I have some extra cash and want to use some of it for the speakers. Let me ask the question this way, which improvement would I notice more, the sub or M80's?

Without question the SUB...but it really depends on how much you spend...

WEll the amount spent is the EP500 max. I guess the question is will the EP500 be a noticable upgrade over my HSU STF-3?

I'd get the M80's in High Gloss cherry. It's only $300 more than black. The M80's would also provide a little more bass capability with the larger cabinet.

Okay, Dan; you just have to spend that "extra cash"(I've never had whatever that is)and don't want my suggestions for 50 classical CDs. "Slightly" would also apply to the sub change, but better than a different one would be getting a second of the same and positioning them(mid-points of opposite walls or diagonally opposite corners)so that the bass response in your room is both stronger and smoother.

I've compared the stf3 & stf2 at elecrtronicforless. At the time they were pitted against the Svs pb10 and pb12 and I bought the pb10. I've since moved on to bigger and much better sub with my acoustic elegance custom build and it was a major improvement. Sorry, I've never heard or auditioned any sub from Axiom but I'd have to say yeah the ep500 should be

I thought about an extra sub but I really don't have any more room in my condo for another. I'm not in a rush and don't "have" to buy something. I just had some extra cash from my taxes and thought of upgrading either the sub or to the 80's as I've always wanted both. I'll be sitting on it for another month so. If I hadn't already booked my trek through India in May I would have used the extra cash for a safari in Botswana.

I don't think you would gain much switching to the VTF3-MKII but there's a HG Black one available near by. The price seems a little high. I bought mine brand new years ago for $650+tax the HG was a couple hundred extra.

If you could find the room in your condo the 2 would work really well together.
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I would jump on it if it was standard finish to match my current one.

Thanks for the link, but I definitely don't have room for the additional sub. You're right, I don't think I'd gain much going from the STF3 to the VTF3.