Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners On Wall Solution for HT - Need Advice!

Have you considered flipping the room around? Center the display and seating position and then just deal with the column with one surround speaker. That would basically look identical to my room, and the asymmetric QS8 placement has not been an issue.
CZ room

Yeah, I played with all configurations, but I can't flip because the window gets in the way of wall mounting the flat panel display. Also, both me and my wife have issues with the entrance to the room being behind us when watching creepy movies! Also, since I am deep into this, all speaker wire and electrical and equipment racks are built, drywall and soundproofing installed etc.. so changing things is just not an option now. My wife is already laughing at me for considering a speaker change this late in the process! I had decided on speakers before closing walls (Paradigm Cinema 330's) so everything was run with those dimensions in mind. Of course it's Murphy's law that I discover Axiom's at this stage and not several weeks before when I was building walls! Hence my dilemma with altering the walls for W-Series.

If your plans called for the Paradigm and you like the sound why not just stick with them. That seems better than busting your b*lls trying to figure out how to change the plans.

Bells?

I haven't ruled that out yet Rick, but once I do this I have to live with it for sometime as the family budget will move on to other things. This is my chance to 'get it right'. I want to have that completely satisfied feel when I sit on the couch to enjoy some good audio and movies. I like the 330's but am not amazed by them. The next step up from Paradigm on-walls is a big leap in $$. But as I've said in a previous post, I have been unable to find a better on wall option within my budget until stumbling across the Axiom's. Of course I am hoping they will be a step up and give me that 'holy cow you gotta here this' feel based on what I've read and the specs, but I guess that's where the 30 day audition part comes in.

I wonder if ordering a set of M22s before the BIG purchase might be in order, then you could get a very good feel for the Axiom sound and I beleive as the W series is more expensive, Axiom might be willing to pay for the return shipping of the M22s in order to get the full HT purchase. Maybe call and discuss something of this nature with Axiom.

I like Jay's idea.

Factory Outlet is great.

I'd get 2 QS8's and just do 5.1 in that room. Really.

Fun!

Hi cb,

Yes, thanks for the correct spelling (for Canucks, there used to be a brand of apple juice in Canada with the spelling "Allen's Apple Juice). .

No, there are no visible blemishes, unless you get close with a big magnifying glass; even then, most can't seen any.

Go with the QS8s--larger woofers, better power handling and a better match to the W22s.

Yes, you can audition the W22s before cutting a hole, but keep in mind that there will be signifcantly less bass until the W22s are placed into the wall. But they do have a self-contained ported enclosure that isn't dependent on the wall cavity. The increase in bass when they're stuck into the wall comes from the boundary reinforcement of the surrounding wall surface.

You will be thrilled with the neutrality of the W22s compared to the Paradigms you look at. The Paradigms are good, just not AS good as the W22s.

Regards,

Alan

You can still get Allen's Apple Juice Alan. (now say that five times really fast)

If Alan could drink Allen's apple juice how much allen's would Alan drink?