Sorry if you did not understand my post, it was an update to the previous post, so see how one would not understand
the Halo model numbers having not read the other post, was not my intention to confuse any members.
My Axion purchase was going to be for a 7.1 channel system from the start but I had not made a decision on whcih sub, the EP500 or the 600. I did make a change to the origanl plan in the changing out of the VP150, to the current M80. Reason was I was not happy with the VP150 mounted at the heigth it had to be
placed, and since the new HDTV had already caused the need for a new cabinet, the decision was to change center speakers, and provide space for it in the new cabinet. Also as the picutre shows, becasue of the floor plan of my house, all of the HT sytem needs to be confined to that area.
My origianl decision for the processor and amp did not work out, and don't feel that was all my fault, so I needed to find replacements, and after talking to several experts whoms advice I respect, the decision was not to go with a single 7 channel amp, and to go with some arrangement of seperate uinits, which now
would take up more of the limited space I have. So elimanting the 3 mega players was now a definite thing, and I had thought for some time about doing something differant, it had just not been a priority till now.
For reasons I have expained in other posts, the final decision was to go with the Parasound Halos. Also with Parasound I had the commitment that if the combination of the A 51 (400watt@4ohm5 & A 21 (400watt@4ohmx2) was not to my liking, I could exchange amps and get the combination I felt was the best for my situation, the C12 processor will work with all amps, so it was a keeper no matter which amp combination I ended up with.
Now that I have had the Halo system for a couple of days and it has some heavy use, the A 51 does run rather warm at high volumes, yet, the A 21 runs way cooler than its big brother. So after having the amps here, in the cabinet, running the Axiom system, I have decided the better soultion would to be to exchange the A 51 for a second A 21, the two A 21's would each drive a pair of the M80's (the front and rears). One A 23 (200watt@4ohm x 2) will drive the QS8's, the second will be bi-wired to the center channel M80. After having the Halos to test with, I now know this combination will solve any heat issue, and will drive the five M80's at any volume level, for any lenght of time, this is what I have proved by running the Halos for 24/7 for 36 hours continous. Also as a side note, it will not cost be more with this combination of amps, actually will have almost a $400 refund from the original purchase price of the A 51 & A 21.
With the 4 amps taking up the right side of the cabinet, my undecided time to elimate the three mega players has now been decided. So the thought out plan I
have had for many months will now go into the works. Yes, I will purchase the hardware and assemble the digital juke box my self, just like the new pc I built a few months ago to replace the last one I built, it was 10 years old and time to upgrade. The jukebox is for the daytime listening, cd's play a majority of the day, and I can not be running to the system and changing them out when they end. When I sit down and relax, and want to listen to a CD, then I will use the Denon 2900. What little quality I may loose in the compression of the cd's to disk, the Halos and the Axiom will make up for, it nothing else in plain volume level. LOL
As for purchasing a HT pc, have you tried getting Direct TV to just sell you the service, and then connecting a HT pc to it, if not, give it a try if you want to waste several days finding someone that can even understand what you are refering to. The theater HT pc is a slight sore spot with I and one of my roomies, until EVRYTHING can be flawlessly conected to a PC, I'm not going to be involved, I have done things like that before, I just don't have the time or patience to tweak and expeirament with something that I use to sit and relax with.
Hope this helps clear up what I have been doing, and I would like to make it clear, I do not have unlimited funds, and like other memebers on this forum, I have to stay with in my spending limits, if not, I most likely would have not found Axiom speakers. I do not just go out and by something, only to get it home and decide on something better. If I had not had amp issues, I may not have been doing as much upgrading as I have, at least not in this short of a time frame, but it ended up being a cascading problem, one thing caused another problem.
