Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Very Small Rears

I think it will be for HT use. Every once in a while I'll put in a cd that's mixed for 5.1, but I find my ears enjoying the old fashioned two channel thing better. The small rears will work better for HT, as matching rears is not so critical.

Pmbuko's got small rears (Cambridge Soundworks Surround 1s), and he uses them for 5 channel stereo music on occasion. Of course, his receiver doesn't have DPLII or DTS:Neo6, so your mileage may vary...

Ah Good! You're still here after all! I was afraid we lost you!

Music!?? Stereo Only!!

I went through a stage where I was very happy with 5.1 surround, but just like with coffee; I always find myself going back to just straight black!

Pull my bod into the absolute best sweet spot(a real trick cuz my room is the worst single audio component in my room) and enjoy it the way it was performed.

Anyway.

The reason I suggested a speaker with a 5" woofer was due to the fact that you want to go with M22s and a VP100.

What I have found is that you really want to go with a rear set of surrounds that are a good power handling and sonic match to your fronts. You don't have to have a perfect sonic match but a match that is at least capable of showing that if a DC-3 flies from the front to the rear, it dosen't sound like a Piper single as it leaves the room!

Almost anything with a 5" minimum woofer and any ol' kind of tweeter will work well enough if it dosen't totally clash with your room decor. Size matters....cost dosen't!

I've seen speakers that size that would fit the bill at C-C or B-B as a freeby for any electronics purchase of 43 cents or more!

Happy Hunting!
Rich.

Co, since the receivers which you're considering will have DPLIIx and/or Logic 7, in my view you should use them to make full use of all your speakers with either two or five channel material. Extracting the ambience found(in varying degrees)in two channel material which originally came from directions other than the front and sending it to the surrounds where it belongs makes listening a bit more realistic.

Once you have them installed, you can always try them multiple ways and see how you like it.

One other thing. Buy something that you like and will be happy with. I am sure everyone here (when they first got into this) shelled out good money for a below par system (the small rears you asked about, bose or the system in the box). Then the upgrade bug hits and you put out more money that you wished you had done the first time around. This sucks for three reasons.

1) The amount of $$ as outlined above
2) Looking at the discarded speakers in your storage space
3) Trying to convince your wife or GF that you really need to replace the speakers that, in her opinion, sound OK to her. A bigger fight then the one you will have if you just get what you want. Trust me on this one. I've had a few "discussions" over amps, wires, DVD player, second system, third system.....ect...ect..(see profile listing for all "discussion" items.

So, do it right the first time. Bite the bullet, slip them in when she is gone for the weekend. Demand them. Sell her, trade her in, cry, fight, whatever, but do not settle for something you will not be happy with in the future.

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Sell her,

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I've asked my wife if she'd be up for this to enable me to get a 500.

I wouldn't recommend suggesting that as a source of income. She didn't like the idea even after I'd explained that she could pay off the sub in just a month or two.

She needs a lesson in the "Glass half full vs half empty" thought pattern. She has some nerve!

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She has some nerve!

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Tell me about it. Some people only think of themselves.