Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Need some advice, soon to make some big purchases!

One thing you may want to reconsider, since you do hav the 4 week lead-time, is to cancel the Axiom sub portion of the order. In most of Axioms own chats you will see that 99% of the people that talk here on a regular basis own another brand. I went with Outlaw Audios. I do know that there is a killer deal out there on the HSU. May want to rethink and get feedback.

thanks Lomb7 for your comments. I have noticed many threads mention removing the Axiom sub and replacing with SVS, HSU, Velodyne, etc...However, I have also read many threads where people are very pleased with the Axiom's? I know I probably could have got another brand cheaper with possibly better performance, however, it was important to me to match the Mansfield Beech. If you consider what I'm replacing, an early 90's JVC Pro Logic receiver, small AR Center, 2 small Infinity Bookshelf surrounds, 2 1980's Pioneer 4-way CS60 turbo bass loudspeakers (like new condition), and NOOOOOOOOOO Sub at all, I think this system will blow my socks off in comparison. Maybe down the road some day I'll be as picky about HT as I am fishing or golf.....

Good job, sirquack, I'm sure you'll be happy as a pig in shiit with the new stuff. I'd love to have the SVS 20-39PC+, but the EP350 is more than adequate, IMO.
What color are the grills?

I went back and forth on the grills, ended up getting the black grills with the mansfields. I'm thinking about painting the back wall around the screen black, and the side walls a darker maroon, red, or something else. When watching movies with my Sanyo Z2 in the total light controlled room I'm thinking the walls surrounding the screen will disappear. I'm also thinking about painting part of the ceiling in front of the screen (about 5-6ft.) a darker color also to prevent any light reflection.

As far as the grills, my wife thought if we went with the matching grills it might be easier to see the mains, center, and sub...but with black front grills that might help them disappear.

I'm already grinning from ear to ear anticipating how freaking awesome this will be when done. I built a stage below my 9'ft. wide 16x9 screen to hold the center and mains and am also building a platform for the second row seating folks....

One thing I'm trying to figure out is the ceiling area for the HT portion of my basement. Most of the ceiling is going to be drywall, but I'm cosidering doing the HT area which is about 15' x 18' with some 2'x2' ceiling tiles. Basically to have future access to wiring. I have a Sanyo Z2 projector currently using Component to my Toshiba Prog. Scan DVD. However, I am thinking about going to a DVI DVD Player at some point in the future that upconverts to 720p, 1080i. If I use drywall, it will be more difficult to change out the cabeling in the future, and the way technology changes, who knows when DVI will be replaced and I'll need a differant projector.

Any thoughts on preplanning for this? I am trying to think of a way to trim something in a small oak boxed in frame or something that matches the rest of the room trim. I could route this over to the projector. If it is constructed with screws I would have access to it in the future.

I'd definitely go with the false ceiling. Not only will you have access to that area, but I'm guessing the tiles you put up there won't reflect so many soundwaves as dry wall. Maybe some of these guys know of specific ceiling tiles made just for that purpose? Or try a Google search.
Good Luck.

I too am in the market pretty much for a entire home theater setup. I am building a dedicated HT 14x16 (not big) I think I am going with either the BenQ 8700+ or the new Panasonic PT-AE700U (less then half the price) projector that is coming out in a few weeks. I have pretty much decided to go with the Axiom's with 2 HSU subs. Some one from this forum was nice and offered to demo the Axiom epic 60s for me here in Houston. ( can't wait) I still am totally lost on the receiver part of my system. I am leaning towards Rotel's RSX-1067. The Denon 3805 is less then half the price, but not sure if it is even in the same league.
Anyways, I am just wondering if you got your speakers? I am wondering what you think now that you have them. Were they what you expected?
Thanks.

See here -- I think he was pretty happy.

Funny, I already read that and did not even realize it was from the same guy lol. Congrats on your purchase, Nothing is better then doing tons of research and when you finally get the product knowing it was the right choice. When you second guess your self you feel sick everytime you look at it. I am about 45 days away from closing on my house, and I can not wait to start purchasing and installing my HT equipment. My wife just shakes her head every time she sees me reading all the forums for hours at a time, But hey, that is half the fun I think.