Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Looking to get Axiom speakers but need some advice

I only have 6" of wire protruding from the rear wall plates so I'm really limited for placement options.
I just read the QS8 manual and although it's not ideal it should be ok on the rear wall:

"Quadpolar surround speakers in a 5.1 system will sound their best and
produce the greatest sense of envelopment in the surround soundfield if
they are to each side of the listening area (see diagram) rather than on
the rear walls, and from 1 to 5 feet above the level of seated listener’s
ears.
However if your room doesn’t permit side-wall placement of the
surrounds, the QS models will work very effectively on the rear wall
behind the listening area."

Zak

I just spoke to an Axiom rep and they believe that I should go with the M60's (8 Ohm) instead of the M80's (4 Ohm) as my Yamaha RX-V3800 is an 8 Ohm receiver.

Zak

I think your yammy would probably be fine with 80's. Older Yammy's had issues, but I think you would be just fine. Axiom has certain brands of AVR's they promote from previous experiments. Many people have had no issues driving 80's.

If you decide to go with 60's, you will also be very happy, trust me.

I was also thinking M60s and an EP500.

That's going to be a good room.

Zak, you're not limited to the 6" of wire that come from the wall now; it can be extended to the sides with more wire to permit placement almost at the side walls.

The 3800 has substantial output at 4 ohms and isn't an "8 ohm receiver", whatever that's supposed to mean.

Sounds like a perfect fit for the flat speaker cables I just saw (on Axiom). You can use the 6" stub to connect it to the flat cables and run it down the wall.

Splice into it and run the wires, the splice won't affect anything if done properly.

Alternatively, if you are going to run new wire under the baseboard anyways, you could just run two more pairs from your equipment area to the proper side positions. Leave the wiring intact in the rear, and then you will be all set up for 7.1 surround sound.

I recently did this for a friend whose wife wouldn't let him move his surround speakers from on top of his TV (not much surround effect there) because she refused to have speaker wire showing along the floor.

He now has surround speakers with no wires showing as even the wall plates are hidden by his surrounds.

Also, we recovered 2 dollars from the project when we found a Toony inside the wall where we were were cutting the gyp rock up slightly under where the baseboard goes back on. Must have been dropped in the wall before or during the drywall process.

He has an opening from the HT equipment to the left side and it would be difficult to get to the surround position, which is why I suggested splicing into the pre-existing wires, but the flat wire under the carpet would work from the front to the left side surround.

I really think Axiom needs to re-do their testing with Yamaha Amps...I think they are passing out incorrect advise with regards to Yamaha...just my opinion.