Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Under $1000 speakers???

If you haven't bought the display yet, you might want to consider a projector setup. You can find a very nice one for ~$1000 and make the screen size anything you want. Something like an Optoma HD70 has street prices in this range and offers 720p resolution. You would also need a screen to go with this, but if you wanted to keep that cheap you could either just use a white painted wall, or else buy some special DIY screen paint. I've heard a lot about it, but I can't remember the name of the company online that sells the stuff. Maybe someone else can chime in on that one.

You could also build your own screen for less then $100. I did. There are several places to get decent screen material for a good price. A quick trip to a lumber store and you're good to go. I got screen material from here . It's nothing too fancy, but it's worked fine for me ever since I got it.

If you chose to go this route, you'd have a MUCH better sound system to go with it. For $1800 (I'll asusme that's US), you could get a setup such as mine if you decide to order new to get the free High Gloss Cherry Finish (that's about what I paid). Floorstanding speakers would really help, but I don't know what you could cut back to get those in the budget. You could look at a smaller sub such as an SVS PB10 (as mentioned above), and then go for some M50's or 60's. If you order from the factory outlet, you may even be able to stretch for M80's, but I couldn't tell you without working out all the prices.

For cables, definately check out monoprice. They have awesome prices and quality. I recently purchased 200' of 12 guage speaker wire and a lot of solder type banana plugs from them (which I used as screw ons since the the cable comes out the back of the plug instead of the side). With just some slight trimming of the insulation (it's actually too big to fit inside the plug), everything's nice and tight and ready to go. If your friend doesn't have to time for this, I'd suggest getting 14 gauge wire to avoid this hastle.

Wow, that turned out to be pretty long . I hope it helps you out. Good luck with everything.

hey F107,

Interesting post about the three M3s in front. When you say they went low enough that a sub wasn't needed, how was the HT experience? I know a sub is necessary eventually, but I'm helping to get a friend established and this might be a temporary option. Thanks.

I read your post again and I think you already answered my question - sounds like you were referring to HT as well as music. Sorry.