becuase I seem to now be in heaven.
After months of lurking about, and making the occasional post, I'm now a very, very happy Axiomite!
First, let me thank the magnificent Noreen Solman, who worked her magic from afar to save my speakers from the dire fate of a weekend sweltering in a 100+ degree, 90% relative humidity warehouse. Long story short: DHL is incompetent, but Axiom rocks!
So, my 5.1 theather is now sporting M80s, VP150, EP600, and QS8s in semi-gloss bordeaux cherry and chrome spikes/feet. These are some stunningly beautiful beasts. The wood grain of the veneer is seamless along every edge on the cabinet, and has a beautiful, warm glow. The pictures in the custom studio do absolutely no justice to the real thing. The FMQS stands are also quite nice looking, in addition to being very solidly constructed.
As for how they sound: what can I possibly say that others have far more eloquently stated? I'm finally able to understand dialog in movies; I'm hearing detail in my favorite music that I never knew existed; when Sauron explodes, my couch (make that "my entire house") shakes violently.
And the only calibration I've done so far is let my receiver calculate speaker distances, so the sound is only going to get better.
My only complaint
is that they play far too loudly without even a hint of strain. My ears are still ringing from my first weekend living with them; I hate to think how deaf I'll be unless I start exercising some restraint.
