Well Nick was right about that installer and Anthem stiring up the network. Because of that situation dealers here in Iowa (and I'm sure other states) are not allowed to ship to customers even within their own State or US, as they could lose their relationship with Paradigm/Anthem. They also are not allowed to quote anything but retail via email. I did call one place within a few hours (can't mention) and had a great visit with one of the owners. At this point I have a quote for $2500 US, but I would have to swing by and pick it up sometime. Also talked projectors and they have Epson, Sony, JVC, and few others. He quoted me a tempting price on the Epson 4040 which but I need to figure out this speaker/atmos and Anthem issue first.
Hey Nick your thoughts on this new HD speaker Ian just announced, comes in Onwall version as well, compared to 22's for Atmos...
What part of Iowa is the dealer located?
As for the M5, here is my thought. If you can fit them, you will likely enjoy them. The on-wall M3s work well in my (just under) 14' wide space, Anything bigger on the walls would have stuck out too far, and at the time I was also thinking of economic reasonings. I dropped my two pairs of QS8s and went out and grabbed $2000 worth of M3s for surround and Atmos duty. That is more than a lot of people spend on their entire system. I couldn't justify $560 more to go M22s. I couldn't possibly imagine myself spending $2800 on something like the on-wall M5s for surround and overhead duty, but again, that is all perspective too.
With that said, I heard a demo at the Denon & Marantz booth at CEDIA 2016 where they used 8" woofer enabled overheads. It was cool to actually experience some bass energy coming from the overheads during the demo, so there is certainly merit to something that can deeper, but I certainly am not disappointed with on-wall M3s running surround and overhead duty.
