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Thought I'd share our new Axiom installation with the forum while also taking my plea public to Ian to SEND ME AN AMPLIFIER PRONTO!! I've got tears streaming down my face begging 'cause there's unused Axioms dyin' on the walls in need of some sweet Muskoka power.

Hope you enjoy the install pics and text: www.themclagans.com

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Ian, we're all coming to your place for a barbeque.


Nice house, and nice set-up!

Wow, gorgeous place, Ian!! Heck, you should have been the first person to get the new A-1400-8...what an Axiom showcase!

If you need a "house sitter" during your next vacation...let me know!

Ted

That is feak'n awesome Ian! I've been toying with the idea on how to minimize the intrusion of equipment and such into the room as well and one of the things that I came up with is almost exactly same thing that you did for the main theater. At least now I know that I'm not the only one out there off his rocker.

Eventually, I'll replace my CRT TV with an LCD and move the audio equipment to a inwall cabinet. Once done, I want to get some W22's as well. Like you, one of my plans included four W22s for the L/R combo, but I was thinking about using two additional W22s horizontally for centers. I had also thought about inverting the top W22s for the L/R so that the tweeters were closer together. Not sure it would make a difference though. The logos would be upside down too.

In any case, I can't wait to hear your reviews of your setup with the new Axiom amp. Please don't disappoint us. Again, awesome setup Ian.

I would try and run the set up with the Sherwood Newcastle. Alan has said on many occasions the Sherwood Newcastle will handle 4 ohm no problem.

Nice place.

So you did try it?

I ran a VP100 in parallel with a VP150 for a 3.4 ohm load to an HK 635 without nary a problem ... I'd give it shot. Worst case scenario is that the amp will go into protect mode.

Awesome house!

Ian,

That's a lovely place. It reminds me a lot of my home country.

You could put the speakers in series and turn the gain up. With regard to BrotherBob's set-up, if you connect two speakers with different impedances, the one with lower impedance will be louder. They most likely have different phase characteristics as well and that would probably affect imaging.

Spectacular home, Ian. Thank you very much for giving us a peek.

I was steadied by your disclosure, or I might have thought you were THE Ian McLagan. Or perhaps you are, and my hopelessly myopic world view is at fault.

Have any interesting stories in that regard?