It is hard to explain to people how much the QS8 adds to the experience. My room is far from ideal, but I had the exact same reaction at first - felt like the walls had been moved far away. Yet, with on-line gaming, I can hear the foot steps of people running behind me and visualize exactly where they are (before I shoot them!). Very impressive to be able to add space and detailed location at the same time.

And ditto the phase issue. You can't hurt the speakers running out of phase, you just don't want to do it unless you are super tech-guy and can figure out that the phase adjustment corrects some timing issue. (Subs are often run out of phase for this reason - a reason i can't explain.)


Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire