Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions EP500 "re-boot"?

Happy owner of an EP500, but I've been noticing something lately. Not sure if it's new or if I'm just now noticing, but it seems like the EP500 needs to be turned off and on every few days to perform optimally? I have noted on an SPL meter (all other factors the same) that I can have as much as a 3 db variance after I've played the sub at my reference level for a while. It's not DRAMATIC, but noticable. So for example, when I start listening to reference material it sounds incredible. After a while it seems to drop off when re-listening to EXACT same material at same leve. If I turn the sub off for a while, and turn it back on, BAM, right back to the good stuff. I have verified this w/the SPL as well. My question is, is this a function of the DSP needing to occasionally be re-set?

That's an interesting phenomenon and good that you've verified it with an SPL meter. I should try the same test on my EP500 at home.

Hopefully an Axiom staffer will see this and respond, but have you tried calling and telling them about this?

Hi,

Interesting issue, darthkringle! I've sent you an email - we'll get to the bottom of this!

a very strange incident...is Randy in your neck of the woods?

Welp, being that I always leave my EP500 turned on and that this thread has now caught my interest, (I admit I haven't noticed this phenomenon, and I'm too lazy to test this myself ) and until this "issue" is either confirmed or resolved, I'll just start occasionally cycling power on my sub.

Of course, now that it's on my mind I'll be listening more carefully and whip out the old meter effens I have to!

Nope, not in Texas. I'll be in Nashville for 4 days this week at a conference though.

I do have the issue when electrical storms are in the area that my EP600 likes to thump away all by itself with nothing else turned on. If I unplug and replug it back in the thumping stops. It is like it stores up energy or whatever like in Poltergeist.

I knew it that must be it! Randy must have his own poltergeist... That explains it all

Mark... that is precious! Made me ....lol!

Very creative. It looks like you have all the photo-editing toys .