Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater New HT Setup -- Any Dallas, TX Axiom Owners??

I live in Dallas, TX and wanted to audition a few speakers. I sent Sushi a PM the other day without response. I feel it never went because the message does not show up in my sent items folder.

So, let me try again...

I visit avsforum regularly and have read rave reviews on the Axiom speaker line. I’m in the process of building my first “true” dedicated home theater and wanted to demo some speakers. I’ve listened to Energy, Monitor and Paradigm so far. This is the setup I am considering:

(2) Millennia M22ti Bookshelves
(2) VP150 Center
(2) QS8 Surrounds (possibly 4 if I go 7.1)
(1) EP350 Powered Subwoofer (possibly the 500)

Honestly, so far, I like the Paradigm the best but they are a bit more money that I want to spend. Energy was okay but the demo site I went to didn’t even have a working sub – so I need to go back and give them another try. However, I keep going back to Axioms for the best bang for the buck and (from what I’ve read) because its an outstanding speaker. These speakers will be married with a Denon or HK receiver – still working on that one.

Sushi (or any other Dallas, Plano, etc, TX) person, would you be available for a demo. Thanks

Steve

Hey Steve, it sounds like you have already checked, but below is the list of Texas owners from the "Hearing Things" Forum. The forum was created for Audition situations. Sushi, used to be a regular on this site, but I have not seen him around here for some time.


Arlington, TX - M80s, VP150, QS8, M22ti (redjet)

Austin, TX - M60, VP150, QS8 (HGP)
Austin, TX - M60, VP150, QS8 (powerfreak)

Dallas, TX - VP150, QS8 (Sushi)

Houston, TX - M60s, VP150, QS8s (gssrjpc)

Rowlett (Dallas Area) - M60s (did have m22s), VP100, QS8s - (Bray)
Round Rock - M60s, VP150, QS8s, M22s in a separate system - (WhatFurrer)

San Angelo - M60s, VP100, QS8s (BigJohn)

Victoria - Epic 80 (donjuanmiguel)

Welcome brother. I think you will have a hard time contacting sushi. Its probably been over a year and a half since he last posted on the forum. I know a few of folks from Texas that post here regularly. So just hang in there, they'll come around shortly.

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Hey, NightStar69, by all means don't purchase until you give Axioms a try. Depending upon your ear, you may or may not go with them but they are worth an audition.

If you ever are on your way to Houston and get lost, finding yourself in Victoria, look me up and I'll be happy to give you a listen. But I am sure someone in your neck of the woods will chime in.

Good luck!

Steve, welcome. Unfortunately Dr. Yanagisawa(sushi)is a very busy research scientist who was an extremely valuable member of the board, but suddenly stopped participating almost two years ago, presumably because it was taking too much of his time. I suspect that to avoid temptation he no longer checks the board at all, but if you should happen to get a response we would be interested to hear of it.

Hi Steve. I'm in Bedford just west of DFW. I have a pair of M22ti that I use for side surrounds. I'd be happy to hook them up as mains if you are interested. PM me.

I live in Rowlett and have M60s, QS8s and a VP100 with HSU VTF3 MK II
powered with a Denon 2805. You're welcome to hear mine if you'd like.
P.M. me if you are interested.

>>I feel it never went because the message does not show up in my sent items folder.

For some reason the board software defaults to not saving a copy of messages you send -- you have to tick the "save a copy" checkbox with each new message or you never know what you sent. There doesn't seem to be any way to change the default. I'm sure your message went out fine; sounds like he's just not checking his mailbox recently.

Thanks everyone.

bray -- I have a (2) PMs into you but not sure if they went. It does not show up in my sent items. PM me your email address and we can talk that way.

mwc -- thank you also for the offer. I'll stop by brays 1st and see how it goes, then get in touch with you if all "sounds" well.

EDIT: Looks like I needed to check a box to have it show up in sent items -- thanks bridgman.

Steve

Sent you an email.

I've been the bray's home. You're in for a treat. He's got a real sweet setup there and he makes good coffee too.

mwc,

Now I'm really excited to hear those Axioms. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for the heads up!

Steve

mwc wrote: "I have a pair of M22ti that I use for side surrounds"

mwc,

I wanted to ask you how the M22ti's are working as your surrounds.

I am in a quandry because I plan to put my speakers in custom made columns (speaker material on sides and front). However, since the QS8s shoot up and down, it might cause issues being inside the column.

The main purpose of the QS8s is to make the sound "more" omni-directional so the room feels larger. Using M22tis would solve my problem -- but they are more directional (vs the QS8s).

How are they working for you? How far is your listener from this speakers? How high do you have them (say to the bottom of the speaker)? Are you happy with the results? Do you ever wish you bought QS8s instead?

Thanks,

Steve

I'm very happy with the M22s as surrounds. I originally bought them to serve as mains and used them for about a year as mains (I used to change speakers a lot...upgradeitis, you know). IMO, the M22s are excellent speakers and compare favorably to speakers costing many times more.

I've heard the QS8 in action and for movies they do a little better job at creating the illusion of space and ambiance than the M22s. But if I had a choice, I would use the QS8s for movies and the M22s for multi-channel music. To my ears, the QS8 tended to sound a little "phasy" with multi-channel music but not unbearably so.

My surrounds are positioned slightly behind the main listening position about 6' on the left and about <7' on the right. I have them positioned above ear level so that they are not easily localized and to give the illusion of being more omni-directional. I'm quite happy with this setup.