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Just curious if anybody is like me and finds themselves constantly adjusting the volume level on the sub whenever going from either different DVDs or to music. The volume dial on my EP350 has a faint white indicator line on the back of the dial so I also find myself tilting or turning the sub to set the level from the factory line to the reference points on the sub, no biggie but a minor bug.
I took some White-Out and drew a fine line across the side of the dial from front to back to extend the factory line and now whenever I adjust the volume I can just look over the top of the sub and use my mark as a quick indicator.
Just a little tidbit I thought I'd share.
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One nice thing about the ICBM is that it has a control on the front panel just for this purpose
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In reply to:
One nice thing about the ICBM is that it has a control on the front panel just for this purpose
You know ol' Rick (me!) comes up with one invention in his life time and somebody comes along and completely shoots it right out of the water.
Oh well, I've got what I figure to be another 20 to 30 (stretching it) years so I'll come up with something else...you just wait, YOU!!
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I forgot to mention, it has a white slash mark too
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Yea but, I bet it ain't White-Out though...
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I don't have the 350, so can't help out there, but I find that I do NOT adjust the amp level on my sub much at all. I have the sub turned up a little more than my wife would like, and so I think that it is at a level that is a little louder than some. I do notice that movies that are mixed nicely have more bass than anything else I listen to, but I don't find anything "missing" for those that don't have high amounts of bass.
PS. I think that my father-in-law patented white-out for use as a "level indicator" for audio dials years ago.
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Nick, about the only time I adjust the level is going from DVDs to music. Like you, while watching DVDs I do like to have it turned up a little more than my wife likes. She's going to really get a hoot out of an EP600!
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I do want to admit that when someone is coming over to hear my set up, I like to blast the bass a little for some music. I have this "old school" Beasty Boys Anthology set that I throw in from time to time that I like to rattle the house with, so then I DO turn it up.
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Oh, I see you have the capability to do just that with that big SVS. I bet that thing does rattle the house!
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I found that as I moved to better (deeper) subs the need to run different settings for music and movies gradually disappeared. Now I run the same settings for everything (unless showing off the subwoofer ) and am quite happy with the bass levels on both.
You do need a sub that goes really deep for that to work, though... or you end up cranking the sub level for movies to get those subsonic effects.
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