Hey Y'all -
I've been lurking on the forums for a while now, trying to learn as much as I can about the Axiom line of speakers. From what I can tell, they appear to be very worthy of consideration. I need some advice and comments on which Axiom Home Theater setup would be best for my situation.
My wife and I had a new house built in late 2006 and early 2007 on 42 acres in NW Arkansas. Before we started building the house, my old home theater receiver died. Knowing that we were going to build, I just boxed up the speakers and various other components thinking that I'd drag them out again when I got in the new house and got over the financial hurdles that come with building one.
Well, time gets away from me pretty easily, and now I've been without an audio system for more than four years. Last winter, we bought a new Sony 52" LCD flat screen, and have been using the TV speakers for sound.
Anyway, to ty to make a long story short, I've finally got around to buying a new receiver. I got a Yamaha RX-V765 last Friday. So, I dug out the old speakers and other components so I can set things up. I'm looking to upgrade the speakers in the enar future, and I'm trying to decide which ones will fit the given space and constraints that I have somehow wedged myself into.
The kids are gone, the wife is retired now, and so the new house is only about 2000 square feet. Being in Arkansas, the bedrock is only 2' below grade, so no basement. As a result, we have to live with the "home theater" being in the great room (or whatever you want to call it.) We have an open floor plan, so the great room, dining room, and kitchen are all basically one big space. Altogether it comes to about 7000 cubic feet.
We enjoy watching movies, but we are also both musicians. So music is a big part of our lives. Being in our mid fifties, we don't need quite the high volume levels that younger folks may desire. Still, we do enjoy a variety of music: 60's and 70's rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and some classical. So we do enjoy concert-hall levels some of the time.
I've been looking at the Epic Grand Master 500, and the Epic 60 Home Theater 500 as possible candidates. The thing is, our great room arrangement makes it a bit difficult to fit in those M60s. We have one of those notorious wall units, and unfortunately, the wife says I'm stuck with it. Our wood stove is also close to the wall unit, so setting an M60 on the right side of the unti would be very bad news for the life of the speaker. I'm ryingt o decide if putting the in-cabinet M60s in the wall unit would be better, or if I can get by with the M22s mounted on the wall with the Full Metal Brackets.
The seating is about 13' from the wall unit. I'll post a picture so you can get an idea what the "great room" looks like. The TV in the photo has been replaced by the 52" flat screen now.
So, What do y'all think?
