It's going to look weird for a while as I get more speaker wire and figure out the best way to run the subwoofer cables and wire to the rear surrounds, but at least it's functional, and you can see the basic layout:



Yes, I decided to put one of the horizontal EP800s on the ledge behind the screen. It seems to work just fine, so I'm glad it's not just wasted space back there. I'm just going to get blinds to block light from the window.





Besides the bad amp in one EP800, another one was exhibiting a rapid knocking sound whenever there was extremely low bass. I never put in the time to troubleshoot it since it wasn't the most common thing, and it would have been an ordeal to try to figure things out in the smaller space. I was playing the THX "Amazing Life" opener after doing the Audyssey quick calibration, though, and my dad was around, so after the knocking happened again, we both decided to try to get to the bottom of it. The good news is it wasn't the drivers or the amp. The bad news is it was a piece of the enclosure which never got secured properly. There's a board behind the amp when you open it up and look inside, and it was loose in there, so that's what was banging around inside during those times. We put the bad amp in the bad enclosure and the good amp in the good enclosure, so I have three functioning subs. I emailed Axiom about the issues and what we did, so we'll see what they say about getting this one fixed or replaced.

In the meantime, I'm extremely happy with the sound. It's even clearer and more open-sounding than it was before. Now I mainly need more seating to have a movie night. My friends can deal with my mess of cables.