TroyD, I wanted to comment on a point you made with Axiom pricing itself with the competition. I agree. I am in the same boat with you starting over and I am also doing a 7.2.4 with 4 in-ceiling speakers. A few years ago Axiom would have been my defacto choice however given the price increases I have expanded my search to a number of other companies out there some of which have already been mentioned.

As of now the best part about Axiom, in my opinion and ignoring their great customer service, is the custom finishes which is huge for WAF. If I do go back to Axiom then that would be the overriding factor. The custom paint match I did with my former surrounds was great.

Temp.setup - 2.1 - Denon 1713 AVR, Denon 1713 BRD, Paradigm Cinema 200, and Monitor Audio 360 Sub