I am also a newbie and I am trying to assemble a reasonable home theater system. With all of the postings re. Axiom I am leaning to get a complete set from them. THis is the package I am looking at:

M22ti - fronts
VP150 - center
Outlet QS8 - rears
Epicenter500 - sub

I have two questions. If I choose to get the set listed above am I better off with a Velodyne SPL-1200 Series II instead of the Axiom EP500?

Second, the sales guy at the Good Guys, insisted that I get some Monitor English brand which sounded REALLY good.

Any comments/feedback is greatly appreciated!