I was not aware that Axiom Audio was coming out with a receiver.

I'm going to check out the new Yamaha link that you provided.

I'm in no big rush. I came into the speaker market, once again, when my JPL subwoofer died. It was part of a HT system that I bought about 7 years ago. I have thus far replaced all the speaker except the subwoofer. Go Figure?? I have a borrowed subwoofer from my son.

My old Kenwood receiver still does an excellent job. It drives the M80s very nicely. But, it only has one optical input, no optical outputs, no composite inputs or outputs, and no correction for lip sync. The lip sync issue is the part that got me started looking. I'm planning on getting a new Samsung 61" 1080P HDTV when they come out in the next month or two. Lip sync may be an issue. Its too early to tell, but I wanted to investigate some options.

Thanks for the inputs.


The Rat. M80s, VP-150, QS8s, SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO, Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880 Sony 60" SXRD HDTV