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I'm really miffed. Why did FedEx treat yours so much better than mine????

Going to have a movie night this weekend with twin EP600s for the first time.

Any recommendations for movies?

Venom.

Are the dual 600s being fed off the DSPs? What will you do for the 0.1 channel? You need another sub.

Ian recommended using stereo sub outs from Marantz 8805. I have more subs, but I don't want to run more cables to the back wall.

I'm using 4 subs in my bedroom HT system, 2xEP500s, an SVS 39-20 and a Velodyne 12". Sounds pretty good.

Philip, the 8805 does indeed have two subwoofer jacks. They are not "stereo" jacks. They are both routed to the .1 channel. This means when you select stereo, the left and right channels will be summed. That sum will come out of both subs. When you select a surround mode, the LFE + stereo will come out of each sub.

I very much recommend feeding each 600 from the left and right DSPs. It is your choice as to whether you want to cross the actives to the subs or, as I have, let them play wide open. I find leaving them wide open gives me flatter mid-bass in my room. Yours of course may differ. To cross the actives to the subs, use the cross-over knob on each DSP. Depending on your room acoustics, you may want to also adjust the cross-over on each sub. You may also like the boost switch on your 600s for certain movies or music.

In addition to the above, I highly recommend you add a sub for the .1 channel. This sub will also handle the range below the center and surround speaker cut-off frequencies. I would recommend a 600 because the 500 does not go as low.

I'll point out, that in my set-up, I've witnessed an "extra dimension" to bass when I follow the above formula.

Oh! OK.

I'll check with Ian as they are making up looms of cables for me.

No room for a center subwoofer. Interesting, the upstairs 4 sub system makes it sound like the bass is coming from everywhere, including the center.

You don't have to put the third subwoofer in the center. You can locate it anywhere.

Regarding the upstairs 4 sub system and the bass coming from everywhere, recall that in most of the old Bose line-up, stereo came from everywhere which of course meant it came from nowhere in particular.

I can tell you from experience, it is always best for bass to come out of its native channel. That of course is not always practical to achieve completely for each and every channel. But you, me, Rich, and Charles all have the equipment to achieve that for the front two channels. It's quite a revelation to me just how much bass is contained in those two channels for movies. The bass is of course always there for music.

I emailed Ian and let him know Mr. Mojo recommends using the sub outs from the DSPs. Let's see what the boss says.

Your entire air force got taken out by a bunch of garbage can-wearing lobsters. So much for the 300 gazillion $ you all spend on defense. Better to put it all on offense I say. God help them if they land here. They'd get snowed in. Then we'd choke them with our maple leafs.

I thought Canadians would kill them with kindness.