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Dean, you do not want to adjust the impedance switch on a receiver to 6ohm, as other speakers in the setup may be 8ohm.
Wasn’t thinking about the other speakers thanks for catching that.
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Craig, the volume difference that you've mentioned is puzzling and again it's suggested that you listen closely to verify that all the drivers in the VP150 are actually operating. Nothing like that should occur. Leave the impedance setting at 8 ohms regardless of the speaker impedance; setting it lower just limits the maximum voltage output of the receiver and likewise reduces the maximum current and power available.
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Give Axiom a call. They're very helpful with this sort of thing.
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Craig, the volume difference that you've mentioned is puzzling and again it's suggested that you listen closely to verify that all the drivers in the VP150 are actually operating. Nothing like that should occur. Leave the impedance setting at 8 ohms regardless of the speaker impedance; setting it lower just limits the maximum voltage output of the receiver and likewise reduces the maximum current and power available.
What the heck??? Wheres the "Have you tried a single vertical M22/M2 for a centre channel?" 
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Hi upyourkit,
It's puzzling, but my first instinct is that you might be running Yamaha's YPAO auto-Equalization on the center channel. Turn it off and leave it off if you are running the auto-setup or auto EQ. Do a manual setup, ideally with a Radio Shack sound level meter or by ear if you don't have the Radio Shack meter.
The previous advice about checking each driver in the 150 to make sure each is working is important. Put your ear up close and play pink noise or a wide-range recording. Once in a while the connectors to the driver(s) may get dislodged in shipping.
Leave your Yamaha set to the 8-ohm setting for all your Axiom speakers. The 6-ohm setting may cause it to limit current output.
It's common for sensitivity to vary with different manufacturers but not by the degree you cite. What is the impedance of the old Polk center?
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I'm the guy that was using your same receiver with my Axioms. There has to be something wrong... my center channel volume was set at -3 which made it equal to my two mains while using that Yammy receiver.
Since I posted last I replace my cheap radio shack reciever with one of those Panasonic digital recievers. The sound quality is very good, I don't notice much of a difference between it and the radio shack receiver but it also sounds far better than my rxv 3000. There had to be something wrong with that reciever, because music always sounded thin and harsh and now it's lush, smooth, addicting, and beautiful.
How does your yammy sound with music?
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That is good to hear Cameron, sounds like an issue with the Yammy. I wonder if the original poster could borrow another receiver from someone to rule out the VP150.
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Personally, I'm still suspecting a disconnected driver or two.
Heck, that was one of the first things I checked when I got the 80s. And that's a lot of drivers to check!
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That is good to hear Cameron, sounds like an issue with the Yammy. I wonder if the original poster could borrow another receiver from someone to rule out the VP150.
O.k. Alan to answer some of your questions, yes all the drivers are operating. Also the receiver was manufactured before YPAO came out so the system as been manually calibrated with a R.S. SPL. Now, the suggestion about using another receiver was a good idea, so I pulled out my old harmon kardon AVR35 from 1998 and plugged her in and set it up. I listened to both music and movies and very proud to say the the Yamaha has a problem!!! Not sure if this is related to Cameron's issue but the center sounds...sweet dudes!!! Hope any new buyers out there realize that this speaker looks and sounds great, and the problem was with my hardware,and look at the support you get from other listeners. Thanks everyone. Cameron, I am curious if you have taken in your yammy for any repairs? At some point I had a copy of a hidden service menu from a buddy that showed you how to internally reset the programming to factory defaults but I can't seem to locate it. If anyone else knows how to get into this menu please let us know.
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Glad you found the problem, Craig. Sorry, can't help you with the hidden menu thing.
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