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

So I've finally got my girlfriend to agree to a whole new front speaker set up (mounted m22's, vp 100, and one of the axiom subs). Where I'm getting serious resistance is with the two rear speakers.

I LOVE the QS8's, but it's just not happenning right now. I don't even know if I'll be able to get something like the M2's. So here's my question, are there any good very small, like bose small, speakers anyone can recommend for rears. I know this is a less than ideal 5.1 setup, but what I"m trying to figure out is it even worth it, or should I settle for a solid 3.1 set up for the time being.

Ok, I'm gonna respond here, but I'm going to seal this thread so that no one else in the forum knows what I'm gonna say!

First of all....Welcome!!

Now then.

When I first got into the silliness and fun we call home theater, I started out kinda slow.

My first surrounds were part of a "Home Theater in a Box" with some pretty nasty surrounds.

I replaced them right away with a pair of...................

They worked better than........oops, I typed too lite.

Ok,.....I bought a pair of Sony SS-MB100H, 5.25" drivered speakers about the size of M2s, with little plastic tweets that worked pretty well in that application for quite a while. About fifty bucks a pair.

Hey, the kids are Still using them!!

Point is; almost Anything will work for surrounds!!

Really!
Rich.

Welcome cofalt, you may want to look at these, they have gotten some good press. Link

And here I'm thinking this thread is going to be about Eva Longoria.

Don't settle. I think it's pretty unlikely that any speaker smaller than an M2 is really ever going to be much good at anything. The QS4's are really pretty unobtrusive since they mount flush with the wall.

How long have you had or do you plan to have the GF?

Some people like the Orb Audio speakers (which are clones of the Anthony Gallo spheres). I have not heard them, and neither brand is inexpensive.

I've been shopping for very small speakers (for the kitchen) for quite a while. I am still shopping. The only ones I've seriously considered either cost too much (Monitor Audio R90, although the R45 might work for you), don't sound good to me (Klipsch) or are just too big. Plus, I have a philosophical problem spending $80 on mounts for a pair of $250 speakers. I know, build a bridge and get over it.

I did kind of like the looks of the Aperion 422 and also the Athena S.5. But I haven't heard either in a decent setting (Best Buy does not count). I briefly considered the Home Theatre Direct Middies, but ultimately decided that it's just a ugly, small box speaker made in Taiwan.

Having tried a few different small direct-radiating speakers as surrounds, I must say that if I were you, I'd hold out for the Axioms. Good 3.1 and $250 is better than suboptimal 5.1. But that's just my opinion (worth price charged).

Hello cofalt

Gallo divas are great and small.

I would go with the QS4's. Buy them with the understanding, and explaination to the GF, that they can be returned under the Axiom "trial period". Then watch every movie that has amazing sound effects you can get your hands on. Then, unhook them and see if she will sit through a few of those same movies again. I would bet that after hearing the difference she will not mind the rears.

Buy the biggest speaker you want. Mount it on the wall. Forget to tighten a few screws. Sit your GF right underneath. Play a movie with lots of explosions. And your problem will take care of itself.

Classic!!

Don't follow these guys advice too closely! Girl friends appear to have short memories.......

......but they get longer again if they become wives.

Then they NEVER FORGET!

......NEVER!!

I would have to agree, get the Qs4's while you just have a girfriend, they will usually put up with about anything until you marry them.