LOL, sorry for the confusion. I have a mess is what I have!
I have Quintets all around, but center was replaced with a Klipsch SLX. On the "B" channel of the reciever is my Axioms for music only.
Its silly I know, but before I bought the Axioms, I *knew* something didn't sound right with my setup, and once I received my Axioms, *then* I could tell what it was if that makes any sense at all...
When I listen to music with my Axiom/SVS combo on the "B" channel, I couldn't be happier. This is by far the cleanest sound I have ever heard! And I do NOT expect this level of quality out of ity-bity speakers, but when I flip back and do comparison, there is a definate "boost" somewhere that is muddying up the midrange on the Quintets.
I may have posted it before, but here is my room; pics are a few years old, so you don't see the new center channel (and I closed off that open space behind it), the Sub, or my new Axioms, but you can get an idea:
http://warez.msmcs.net/MyHost/DSC00570.JPG
http://warez.msmcs.net/MyHost/DSC00572.JPG
There are some other pics in there, but that will give you an idea...
I just got off the phone with my local Paradigm dealer; They have some Cinema 90s in stock. I think I will try and give them a listen sometime next week to see if there is any notable improvment over my Quintets...
Can't hurt...
-Alan
PS What I *really* need now is a dedicated room, then small speakers wouldn't been an issue!
EDIT-What I am kind of completely baffled by, was years ago when I started this mess called "HT", I picked up a set of Klipsch Pro-Media's for my PC. Those things sounded soooooo good to me, that was one of the reasons I went with the Quintets. They look virtually identical, but yet they sound NOTHING alike. How can the pro-medias sound so good, yet the Quintets sound so bad...
