Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners QS10 or QS8 for my small space? Price Increase Ed

Hey all, I happen to notice yesterday that Axiom is going to be increasing their prices next month. I was planning on buying surrounds later this year, but I would imagine the price increase would cancel out any savings from a sale they might run later this year.

I am planning on buying QS10s, but wanted to get feedback if I should consider the QS8s instead due to the size of my space. The space my HT is in is 9'x10' with three sides walled in and the other side opens out into the rest of the basement. The TV and speakers (M5OWs and VP100OW) are mounted along the ten foot wall and the speakers are pointing towards the wall that is nine feet away.(meaning the speakers arent pointed towards the opening into the larger basement.) I was planning on hanging the speakers from the ceiling or I was going to build "stands" hanging down from the ceiling about 2 feet so they would mounted about 5' from the ground. Ceiling is 7ft tall.

The QS speakers would be about 5-6 ft. from the main listening position on each side, but its a sectional, so the one side of the couch will be closer to one of the surrounds. The speakers would be "pointed" towards the listening position. Essentially they would be closer than the M5s which are around 8ft from the listening position. With how close the speakers would be and how small the space is, would the QS8s make more sense here or should I just go with the QS10?

I dont think the M5s are too big for the space for reference. I love the way the M5s and VP100 work together.

QS10s.

Agreed ...
it's less about the need for volume and more about getting the lower frequencies around and behind you

QS10s it is then, thanks for the input!

So I am trying to figure out placement.

Placement photo

Should I place the QS10s on the wall behind the main seating along the back wall? or should I place one speaker so it would be on the side wall and get a ceiling bracket for the other side and hang it down from the wood i have so they are both pointing from the sides?

As a sucker for symmetry, I'd suggest wall mounting the surround speakers on the back wall. I would find it jarring looking at the speakers if one was ceiling mounted and the other was wall mounted, even if it sounded better. If you ever add Atmos, the ceiling would be a good place to mount them.

Hah Yeah, i dont think i would mind the look. I am more concerned with sound. Mounting them on the back wall will be a bit of a challenge as it only has furring strips and then cinder block behind that. I didnt do full framing on that wall since its the garage on the other side. I could make it work, but it wouldn't be the easiest to mount them that way. Ive been looking at anchoring solutions. Anyone have any suggestions to hold up these 25lb speakers?

My first thought would be that the back wall would be fine. But if It were my room before mounting them perminantly I'd experiment. Play the speaker (as a main) and see if you can pin point it (i.e. you want the sound to come from generally the rear/side R or L but not from the speaker itself). The further you can get them from directly over the couch the better IMO.

To do this I'd suggest creating a temporary stand out of any scrape wood you have lying around (at worst by some 2x3') to hold one QS10.

Here's a pict of the one I threw together (took about 30 mins total).


Just an inverted T which can be leaned against a wall. Either put something heavy in front of it to keep it from falling forward (the couch, a table, ... ) or screw on a third leg ... it need not look pretty ... the scrape piece of strapping I used is not even straight!



Then try different places and see what you think.

Do not mount them on the back wall.

Mount them on the sides, a foot ahead of the back wall.

Make your mounting bracket as large as possible to extract the maximum amount of bass from the floating QS10.

Neat idea on checking the spots to place the speakers. I like it.

So essentially what your saying Mojo is I should get a 2x12 piece of wood and use that to mount the QS 10 on the open side so the bass response is better?

Like this?

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