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A few shots of the start of the upgrade. The axiom m80's replace b&w 602s2. The vp150 replaces a b&w cc6 center. The qs8's replace some b&w 601s2's (these will go in my garage!).

The rest of the stuff is on the choping block as well and will be replaced sooner or later....if any one wants to buy anything.

The subs are not in the final spot...they sound better there than on the outside of the towers but its still not done. Great midd bass but lacks on the lower notes. The room is about 20x19 and 11' tall. Seating is about 12 feet from the screen but will go back a foot or two when its wall mounted. Qs8's are as far out as the room wall more or less and a foot back from seating. They sit in front of the molding and are angled down.

The arched opening opens into the kitchen and eating area.....its one big room.

So far im digging it but need to tune the subs badly.....and get a bigger tv...and new bigger subs....and a new amp...and on and on

This was when it was being built...I ran some flex conduit before the walls went up. I used that to run all my wires and I have a way to run the tv on the wall with no wires showing!

freaking awesome man!!

I remember giving you advise for the wiring and such...man how time flies...that room looks VERY nice!!!

congrats!

Cool! The M80 almost look small in your setup...

Yep I got a lot of good info from you and on here.

I really want some big nasty subs. I just hope I can make it sound right with the subs being on the TV wall. I have full run of that wall only lol. I want either dual svs new ultras, dual axiom ep 500 or 600's, or dual Elemental designs a7-700/600 or a5-350

have you calibrated your subs and all speakers with an SPL meter?

What you desire may be able to take place, but all speakers must be calibrated to experience what you are describing...Also, putting down a nice throw rug infront of your couch will really help tame the first reflection zones from the M80s...(if your boss will let you )

Edit again, since you have full control over that front wall...you might think about getting some bass traps in those corners...your room is VERY live because of your flooring, bass traps will help getting your "desired" killer sub sound.

A rug is in the plan...just have to find one.

So far I have used the spl meter but only using the test tones built into the reciever. I need to still find my avia dvd....its packed up somewhere. I also want to try both subs corner loaded. I need to do work with them...but I always want more bass.

How far appart is best on the m80's if your sitting 12-14 feet away from them?

EDIT...I dont have that much control lol...bass traps wouldnt fly.

Ideally if you are 12-14' then the speakers should be 12-14' apart. You are trying to make an equlateral triangle between you and the speakers. But more toe in/out can adjust for spacial issues as most of us have.

Forgot to mention its a very nice room. Those QS's look along way up!

That room looks awesome. You may want to experiment with moving the subs into the corners, tilting the 150 down a bit and moving the 80s further into the room. Let us know how it sounds when you've tweaked a bit.

Very nice!!!!

Very nice room indeed. That's some serious Mojo toe in on the M80s. Ya might want to play around with the toe in.