Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Need Help with System

First, I want to thank everybody in advance for their help.

I am new to the whole home theater deal. I recently bought a new AVR...the Pioneer Elite vsx94. IF am am watching movies 80% of the time and listening to music 20% of the time...what should I purchase.

I want the best SQ that I cna get.

WELCOME Rug! I think I invited you here from another forum. You'll find lots of help here.

Jimmy, another welcome. You now have a fine receiver which can easily power any of the Axiom speakers which you might be interested in. You haven't given any details about the size of your listening room or the distance from you to the speakers, and you haven't mentioned your budget for speakers, but unless your room is very large and you sit quite a distance away, the M22s supported by a good sub such as the EP350 or EP500 would give you excellent sound. The surrounds should be QS4s or QS8s, again depending on room factors. You might consider a vertical center speaker such as the M2 or M22 if you can place it properly in your setup.

Jimmy, if you give us a little more info we'd be more than happy to help you spend your money! What size room are you putting the system in? What's your budget?

Jimmy, "best that you can get"....does that mean money's no object ? or "the best you can get for XX $$" ?

I am sorry I should have put more detail and thank you for all of your replies.

Bob, yes you did..and thank you! Axioms have peaked my interest.

The room is about 25 x 20, but the HT portion only takes up half. If I am facing the television, the right side is open wiht a wall directly to my left. The television is on one wall and there it is about 18 to 20 feet to the opposite wall.

Budget has increased to about 2500. I really want good sound quality, want to hear the little nuances in the movies.

I was looking at the 80/350 system..

However, it says in the booklet that came with the Pioneer that it recommends a 8ohm speaker...it looks the M80's are 4ohm. Is this going to be a problem?

No, Jimmy, there should be no problem with running the M80s with the Pioneer in the vast majority of applications. Both amplifier and speaker manufacturers tend to be excessively cautious about this and fear, among other things, getting trashed in internet discussions if a rare problem develops. The M80s require less power and current than some smaller and less sensitive speakers which carry an 8 ohm rating. The only way to verify that certain equipment works well in your particular application is to try; problems which won't likely develop shouldn't be assumed.

I don't recall Pioneer being mentioned along with some others as NOT having a problem with a 4ohm load.