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Ok guys, the room size is about 14x14 with 9ft ceilings.

The green boxes in the picture are the ones I have a question about. Does that look like a good place for the sub? Also, how far back and to the side should the surrounds be? Thanks guys.

http://www.fotosrv.com/img/1128147776Hometheatre.JPG

Generally, you want the surrounds on either side of your listening position in a 5.1 setup. As far as the sub goes, placing it in the corner will create more bass but possibly make it sound boomy... I would take a look at this article Crawling for bass and this article Home theater layout. Also, I would take a look at the newsletter section of the website... there are some really great articles there.

http://www.axiomaudio.com/tips_subwoofer_placement.html



for the answer to your sub placement question...



i had my qs8's about 6" behind my head in my last house. and it was fine, just get an spl meter, with one of those, you can fix any placement issues, remember you can change the level, delay of all of your speakers, with a good receiver... so even with poor placement the receiver can make up for that short coming, of reality..

You will want to take this into consideration. The part about square rooms especially. Most likely, you’re going to have to try several positions to find the perfect place for the subwoofer. I think crawling for bass is going to be your best bet.

"If you have a choice, square rooms are the worst for nodes; irregular or rectangular shapes are preferable, and as you move couches or chairs closer to walls, bass intensity will increase. Conversely, the middle of the room will have less bass intensity." by Alan Lofft

New, although a corner location for a sub often gives both the strongest and smoothest bass, when the room is square this can create a problem, as has already been mentioned. The room mode for both the length and the width at about 40Hz(560/14)will be overemphasized and a smoother response is likely to result if the sub is moved out of the corner more nearly to the middle of one of the walls, e.g. inside one of the M22s or along the wall to the left or right of the listening position.

The QS8s should be a couple of feet behind the listening position and separated as widely as possible, since they are side, not back, surrounds in a 5.1 setup. Experiment, and good listening.

I guess I will just have to move the sub around to see what sounds best. Will problly end up moving it in between the TV and the M22.

On a funny side note. Last night i had my credit card out and was a click away from ordering the speakers. I was just about to when I realized I havent started to pay off the TV yet. This stuff is like drugs! lol

Order from the Factory Outlet and you'll save 10% instantly, and if you buy 5 or more speakers you get another 5%.

sirquack, how do i order from the factory outlet? is there a link? also, why is it 10% off? Anything wrong with the speakers? thanks

I don't want to steal Randy's thunder but... http://www.axiomaudio.com/factoryoutlet.html. As for the blemishes I really dont know.