Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Question about HT set up

Heath,
i never did catch which country you hail from - i'm assuming the US after some of the prices you quoted....in which case you'd want to keep you eye on any of these websites - Pioneer Authorized Dealer List. I know Visions & Future Shop (owned by Best Buy) had them on sale over the boxing day period for $100 off. That would be $500 Canadian, which would work out to about $425 US.

before I buy anything, I am still trying to visualize the speaker placement. The sub is easy (corner of the room), center on top of tv (sony 40"), QS4 behind each end of couch.

The left and right speakers are more tricky, though.

My tv is in a media nitch. I don't think I have enough space on each side for the speakers on the stands (7" each side clearance). Also, on the left side of the nitch is my fireplace.

I guess my options are:

- put left, right and center on top of tv
- pull tv slightly out of nitch and place stands next to it
- put left speaker on left side of fireplace (sorry about the wiring), and put more power to that speaker
- somehow mount the speakers to the wall, on on the front right side of the fireplace, the other on the front right side of the media nitch (not sure how that would look)

The general recommendation would be to rotate everything 90 degrees and put that fish tank you always wanted in the media niche. You can still store media there, just move the TV and speakers

my fish tank is in the other room



but assuming I don't change the set up of the room, what then?

Seriously, your second option (pull TV out of niche and place stands left and right) sounds best. You wouldn't need to pull the TV out very far -- the center should normally be a few inches "behind" the main speakers so that all three are the same distance from the listener. Imagine a circle with the listener at the center; all three speakers should be on the circle.

that was my first choice as well.

hope it doesn't look too bad, since when you look into the room, you would see the sides of the speakers and tv now.

too bad you couldn't get mounts for the speakers that were adjustable. mount it to the side of the niche, it had an arm and you could adjust out and away from the wall just where you wanted it.

Dennis (Tharkun) had his center channel on a roll-out shelf. Seemed to work OK...

Pictures are nice.

Hmmm. Couldn't find it in Dennis's site. Maybe it's the amp rack that rolls out, not the center channel. Never mind ;(

John you are right, Dennis did have a M80 on a roll out rack.