Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners EP350 or EP400?

Well,
I greatly appreciate all the help, I pulled the trigger on the EP350 today. Now for long agonizing wait...

I'm sure I'll be shocked at the difference from my old 100 watt JBL I bought at circuit city years ago.

And I'm sure I'll be back here telling everyone all about it!

Thanks again!

Dana

Congrats! Looking forward to your thoughts.

You will love it!

Ok, I got the EP350 this past Tuesday & been experimenting with it quite a bit.

I do have some questions if someone could kind enough to help me out. Now, keep in mind I have been "brainwashed" hearing my 15 year old 10" JBL sub 100wts. My first impressions are good, it sounds tight & clean and can definitely go low...with no distortion.

I kinda feel just little "underwhelmed" I guess. I can't quite pin point it. Below are my settings on my avr, so far these are the best sounding settings...

AVR:
Fronts = large
Sub out level = +1.5
Sub out = Both (fronts & subwoofer)
Xover = 120hz
Phase = normal

EP350:
Phase = normal
Xover = all the way up
Utilizing the low level line in, new 12ft coax sub cable from monoprice
Volume = 75%

I guess my main concern is "compared to my old sub" I have to turn the sub volume up so high (50% on my old sub) , is this the norm for you 350 owners? Especially seeing that my sub out volume on my avr is at +1.5 (it was at 0 on the old sub)

I have placed the 350 in the exact spot of my old sub, so I'm a little perplexed that with a much more powerful sub and a larger woofer that I have to actually turn the volume up so high to get to an even playing field with my old sub. Maybe this is normal??

Don't get me wrong I like it alot, just had to ask you all about the volume setting issues...I thought for sure I would not have to turn the volumes up as much as the my old JBL.

I kinda feel I should have went with the EP500???

Are my settings screwy? I probably should try a different placement, but again, it's in the same spot as my old JBL.

Thx,

Dana

75%?! Your house should have fallen down.

Your fronts were set to "large" with the other sub also? Have you tried "small"?

120Hz seems like a pretty high crossover

Have you done a calibration with a sound meter?

Dana did you calibrate the whole system? I am running an older 200 watt EP350 with my 80s and after calibrating the volume is about 45-50%, although I am running the 350 as a second sub to the 600 I did calibrate the 350 with the 600 powered off, I thought it sounded pretty good on it's own.

Something isn't right somewhere.

I'm sure Mr Quack will chime in since he has two them, but my experience with EP500 was that I needed nothing more than 20-30% volume, my assumption is that the 350 would be same normally. Your other settings seem fine.