Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Floor standing or in wall speakers?

Thanks would love to have some help from someone who actually enjoys theater. I keep arguing with my friends of family because they keep asking me why I need to do this, and why I have to do that....lol. Just wait till its all done and their begging to be at my house for every major sporting event...lol.




All pine

Ha, yeah just wait till next summer, you'll have 15 people asking you for advice on how you did this and that! Lol

My monitor has been set to a warm colour lately.
Is that pine stained apple red or is it just me?

Well got my Salmander A/V rack in from Amazon, box was in ruins and man they pack their items horribly. There is no packaging material protecting shelves from one another, everything was chipped or scratched up. Now I go to wait for the replacement...ugh!

Dude that sucks! Why is it that one can never get through an entire project without a snag or two to overcome? Is it part of the whole 'Eve taking a bit of the apple' thing that doomed us all to living in an imperfect world perhaps? I don't know, but in all my days I've never seen anyone's project go smooth from start to finish no matter how well planned out they did it!

But I suppose it adds to the satisfaction when everything is done, eh? Nothing like trials and tribulation to make you appreciate the finished product even more!

Yah, think I am just going to get the refund and pay a little extra to buy it at a B&M store, this way its easier to deal with the whole return process.

Never got around to running wiring this weekend. Decided to rip all the sheet rock down on all the exterior walls and put up real insulation instead of the spray in stuff. Still can't believe their was no insulation in the house...lol.

Oh well it will make it way easier to re-do the electrical service and run whatever else I need in the walls....this house is never gonna get done let alone my HT...haha.

Slow going on the HT project, decided to pretty much gut the whole house, took down a good 80% of all the sheet rock down including ceilings, gonna have to finish up the rest next week.

At least the electrician and HVAC guys will have an easier time now! I'll try and get some pictures up.

Quick update, house has been gutted to it's entirety. Nothing left but the shell. HVAC system for the first floor is complete and bran new electrical service has been installed. Now on the the family room theater!

New fireplace has been installed...



and here is a pick of the wall, with a paper cut out of the TV for measuring purposes....



Notice all the conduit going up from the basement to knee wall. Now I just need to run some conduit behind the TV and I can get started on all my wiring, including the houses network, TV, and phone lines.

In the meantime I might take advantage of emotiva's holiday sale and pick up their 5.1 amp. Still deciding if I want to place the QS8's on stands or install on the wall....suggestions?

Wall? I don't see no wall...

On wall would be just fine. No need for stands.

Lots of work in perspective!
If you can, put the QS8 on the wall at about 2-3' above hear level.