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Just buy it and tell her about it once it's in your home.That has worked well for me on occasion.She won't stay mad once she hears it
Rick
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Re: new system
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>>and do i need all that bass for watching mostly action, special effects movies...
Depends on how loudly you are playing the movies and how realistic you want the sound effects to be. If you want to play at movie theater levels and want explosions etc... to scare the <censored> out of you then you can make good use of a pretty big sub. At normal volumes the EP500 would probably be more than enough but you might hit the limits on occasion... with the 600 you would probably never hit the limits.
>>and listening to jazz, string intruments,
Nope. You could be very happy without a sub if you go with M80s or anything comparable.
Subs are mostly for movies. The bigger the room, the bigger the sub, pretty much...
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Oh, subs only for movies my foot. Look at the bassy music thread...
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>>Look at the bassy music thread...
Yeah, lots of jazz and string instruments in that thread
I guess I should read the bassy music thread again. I still find that most music is not mixed to sound right with a good sub... at best it sounds right on good fullrange speakers and a bit too bassy with a good sub; at worst it sounds right on an AM radio and sounds kind of BOSE-y even without a sub.
EDIT -- I just read the "bassy music" thread again. My apologies -- it *was* about music which warranted the use of a sub.
Last edited by bridgman; 07/25/05 03:02 AM.
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For the most part I've gone without the sub for music. To my ears, the presentation just sounds better with the speakers by themselves. Maybe my sub placement is not optimal, but there is nothing I can do about that at the moment.
I haven't tried the sub with my M40s and don't know how the sound would be with them. I guess after I get done moving I can play around with different configurations.
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thanks once again for replying......i think i will just order it quietly and when "it" come pretend innocent and surprised......or perhaps send her away for few days, hook up everything and make sure it works great and then show her...mostly women don't like guys electronic toys when the damn thing doesn't work and the guy spends hours/days reading the manual and getting technical support and she feels neglected....if the thing works great, chances are she will complain less.........just my opinion......but thanks again to everybody and i will post comments and maybe pix once everything is set up and working
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Also, if noone has mentioned this yet, order from the Factory Outlet option, that extra 10% is a great deal...
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that was something i forgot to ask........is there any difference in quality/performance of the speakers from outlet ?? more waiting period?? i am interested in boston cherry finish....whats the quality of wood? is it solid cherry wood panels or just veneers ?? whats the waiting time for regular orders - non outlet models
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Many many of us order from the F.O.. That is where I got mine, after talking to everyone on this site. The F.O. speakers are no different than the regular. Axiom has a high quality control process, and even if a speaker has the slightest nick or other small issue, it goes to the outlet. Most of us have searched every inch of our speakers and can't find anything wrong. The issues are only cosmetic, if you can find them, not technical or quality issues. If you order your speakers from the outlet, they will ship all the speakers around the time, normally sooner, of the longest wait date speaker. So if the surround has the longest date, that is when you should receive all of them. The standard colors are a very high end veneer, the finest I've ever found. I love my Mansfield Beech speakers. All speakers are sent 2nd Day Fed Ex from F.O. or regular inventory.
Good Luck
Randy
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thats good news....how about their cable quality ?? my understanding is monster cables are highly overpriced....my current wires are 14 guage with gold banana plugs....or do i need to buy new cables too...
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