 Axiom Center Speaker with 6.5 woofer??
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I currently own a VP150. I recently purchase the Algonquins outdoor speaker and decided to try one of them as center speaker in my HT. I was very impressed with the dialouge and sound that these speakers produced compared to my VP150. I was curious to see if Axiom ever experimented or test a version of the VP center speaker with a 6.5 woofer and rear port?? jj 
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Re: Axiom Center Speaker with 6.5 woofer??
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Oooh, we haven't had this discussion in months!  To public knowledge, no. I imagine there's been some internal testing, but you'll have to pry it out of Alan or Ian with a crowbar.
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Every so often we lobby for a "VP250", ie an M60 with the drivers re-arranged -- woofers at each side, midrange and tweeter arranged vertically in the middle.
Instead we got Algonquin outdoor M3s and some cool subwoofers. I can live with that.
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Every so often we lobby for a "VP250", ie an M60 with the drivers re-arranged -- woofers at each side, midrange and tweeter arranged vertically in the middle.
I'd buy that! I've never heard a VP150 (so maybe I should just be quiet), but a higher end center (and not to say that the VP150 is bad either) is always welcome news to me.
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Joe,
Do you sit dead center during your listening or also to the sides? I'd be curious to hear from you what you think about the off-centre performance of the Algonquin when used as a centre.
With my 150, I can sit as much as 60 degrees off centre, 10 feet away with no loss in understandability or imaging.
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With my 150, I can sit as much as 60 degrees off centre, 10 feet away with no loss in understandability or imaging.
The last time i tested the centre channel width, i went from left to right, at about a 11 foot distance and shuffled across 17 feet (about 8 feet left and right of centre) before i could hear any obvious or gross off axis effects from the VP150.
It was a bit easier with pink noise but still incredibly good.
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That's 54 degrees...pretty close to my 60.
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Thanks for the calculation Mojo. I left my protractor at work. 
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I was waiting for that one. Actually, I used my sextant  .
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I wish they would come out with a 6.5 center. My vertical and inverted M3 looks a little goofy standing on top of my TV looking like a big ol' high rise down in the projects.
It sounds great though and covers our entire seating area with no noticeable gaps.
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