Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Yippe, I'm gonna do the basement in January

either have I.

I should mention a couple of other things :

1. Mark went with a Sherwood 771 receiver from Axiom. First impressions were very positive. It manages to combine a full set of options with a nice simple UI, so getting Mark's system up and running took essentially zero time once all the wires were stripped and hooked up. The remote doesn't suck too badly, which makes it fairly good in the grand scheme of things.

2. Between the Sony TV, Oppo player and Sherwood receiver Mark has the most aesthetically un-coordinated set of remote controls I have ever seen. Ug-ly !! Fortunately all of the remotes have buttons for all of the other devices as well, so we should be able to get one of them programmed up to do all the work so we can hide the other two.

Alternatively, as I told Mark "you can deal with the heartache of having three ugly complicated remotes by purchasing a fourth, even MORE complicated remote to replace the three you have"

Wait, a receiver with an easy to use UI? Where do I sign up? Anyone want to buy a slightly used H/K 525?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Hang onto your HK for a bit though -- I didn't try to do anything fancy with the Sherwood and the HK's UI quirks don't really surface until you get past the basics.

Still, it was a refreshing change, particularly since the last system I set up was built around a Denon 380x.

I have pics now.....but now I have to figure out how to post them here.

John did a wonderful job, can't wait till he comes over again to help me work my controls

Is it too loud again ? Turn the big knob on the right counter clockwise

EDIT -- Mark took a couple of pics of the new basement :





The Mansfield Beech looks good with the wall colours. I'm thinking a couple of 12" risers under the M60s would be good.

The only complaint I have so far is the bookshelves on the right. The shelves and speakers were positioned at the first reflection point so that the contents of the shelves would help to tame reflections -- imagine my surprise when I showed up and found GLASS DOORS on the shelves.

Glass doors -- at the first reflection point. The horror.

My....what a beautiful basement set up Thanks John for the help. I believe the 2 jedi's are saying "I bet I can kick your ass in fussball"!

Actually it looks like they just heard the furnace starting up. Jedis call it "sensing a disturbance in the force".

For anyone not familiar with Mark's basement, the furnace room is behind the wall on the left side of the room.