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Every member of our Axiom team, myself included, is pleased that you have decided on one of our products. We have all worked hard to bring the highest level of satisfaction to your audio experiences, and will continue to work hard to make every Axiom purchase a wise audio investment for you.
Axiom is deeply committed to ongoing audio research that continues to enhance the performance of our products. We design and engineer all of our loudspeakers based on the world-class psycho-acoustical research that was conducted at the National Research Council and that I have been an integral part of since its early years. This research changed the way that sound is measured, and allows Axiom to provide the world’s most realistic-sounding loudspeakers at amazing value to the consumer. By emphasizing the practical side of our ongoing research, Axiom continues to extend people’s expectations of performance.
It is our central goal at Axiom to turn this research into a truly exciting experience for you in your environment. Our commitment to the delivery of the most accurate sound reproduction is a commitment to heighten the level of enjoyment you receive from music and movies.
We at Axiom see our customers as family members and as such we stand at the ready to deliver personal, expert advice and to follow up on any of your audio needs.
Sincerely,
Ian Colquhoun
President, Axiom
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| An ideal 7.1-channel surround system setup has the main surrounds (Ls, Rs) to each side and the back surrounds (Lb, Rb) at the rear of the listening area. |
• However if your room doesn’t permit side-wall placement of the surrounds, the QS models will work very effectively on the rear wall behind the listening area.
• Dolby Labs specify that with side-wall placement, the surrounds may be located up to 20 degrees to the rear of your couch or chair relative to an imaginary line across the listening area. Keep the surrounds at least 5-6” inches from the ceiling, so the top-mounted woofer’s output is not compromised.
• In a 7.1-channel setup, the back surrounds are intended for rear-wall placement at angles of from 135 to 150 degrees (see diagram) relative to the 0-degree line facing the center channel and TV display. The QS surrounds don’t need to be “aimed” towards the listening area, except in special circumstances such as extremely high mounting locations.
• This is how all Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround movies are mixed, with multipolar surround speakers at each side of the control room, and you should try and duplicate this setup if you’d like to hear the movie the way the director and sound engineers intended you to hear it.
• HOWEVER, these are not hard and fast rules. The Quadrants are very forgiving of asymmetrical placement and difficult rooms. They will indeed work fine at ear level on stands to the sides of the listening area or even on the rear walls if side-wall placement is impossible.
• They do NOT have to be mounted at equal heights or equal distances from each surround speaker to the listeners. You can adjust for different distances and levels with your Dolby Digital/dts A/V surround sound receiver’s set-up menu. Experiment with placement locations using a couple of helpers to temporarily support the Quadrants while you listen for a seamless enveloping sense of immersion in the surround field. The Quadrants will preserve directional cues “hardmixed” to the left or right, but you should not locate specific sounds directly at the Quadrants themselves when properly set up.
• Users of 6.1-channel and 7.1-channel surround modes may want to add one extra Quadrant at the center of the rear wall (or two Quadrants, spaced a few feet apart, for 7.1-channel systems). You will experience a modest improvement in envelopment.
• The Quadrants top and bottom-radiating woofers need clearance to properly distribute sound over a wide area. If you must position them on the top of a bookcase, get extra-tall rubber feet to elevate the bottom woofer at least an inch above the surface below it. Axiom owners report quite good results using the latter approach.
• Avoid lower shelf mounting in bookcases or armoires. This will severely compromise the Quadrant’s multipolar dispersion of sound and limit the sense of envelopment in the surround sound field.
Look at the speaker connectors on the rear panel of your receiver or amplifier. Unless it’s very old, these will usually be red and black binding posts, like those on your speakers, or red and black spring-loaded push connectors. Vintage amplifiers may have only screw terminals.
The Red (+) terminal on your receiver’s Right speaker output connects to the Red (+) binding post of the Right speaker. The BLACK (-) terminal on your receiver output connects to the BLACK (-) binding post on the Right speaker. Follow the same pattern to connect the receiver’s Left speaker outputs to the Left speaker’s binding posts, then the left surround (the speaker to your left from your listening seat), and right surround speakers, the center-channel speaker, and additional rear speaker(s) required by 6.1- or 7.1-channel systems.
If your A/V receiver or amplifier has the new Consumer Electronics Association colour coding for each speaker channel, the negative terminal (-) will always be black, however, the positive terminal will have a different colour corresponding to each channel of the surround system. The new colour code is:
Front Left speaker: White Subwoofer (line-level RCA output only): Purple Front Right: Red Center: Green Left Surround (side): Blue Right Surround (side): Gray Left Back Surround: Brown Right Back Surround: Tan |
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The negative connector (-) for each channel is always Black. The Positive (+) connector will have the above color coding. If you find this confusing, note the positive (+) and negative (-) polarity for each speaker and the speaker cable.
Step 1
| Place the metal T Bracket to the desired location on your wall with the tabs facing up. Note: It is extremely important to place the center of the T Bracket up against a stud on the wall for security. Use a level across the top of the bracket to ensure a straight fit. |  |
Step 2
| Screw in the T Bracket into the wall using screws appropriate for your wall material. |  |
Step 3
| Place the Wall Bumpers on the back bottom corner of the speaker. |  |
Step 4
| Connect your speaker wire to your speaker. (Be sure to put the positive wire to the Red input post and the negative wire to the Black input post) |  |
Step 5
| Lift your speaker over the metal tabs, sliding it down for security into the slot brackets on the back of your Quadrant Surround speaker. |  |
| 1. FMS QS This sturdy audiophile-quality die-cast aluminum 16-inch Full Metal Stand is custom-engineered to exactly fit your Axiom Surround Speaker. Its tapered top plate matches the anti-standing-wave shape of Axiom’s speakers, providing a sleek, minimalist look that complements any decor. 2. Full Metal Bracket For more versatile wall-mounting, use the Axiom Full Metal Bracket. Designed for accommodating even the most difficult installations, the Full Metal Bracket swivels left, right, up, and down, with lock-nuts for securing your ultimate position.  |
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Dwight, ON Canada
P0A 1H0
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