Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater QS4's or Direct Radiating surrounds, and sub

Just a follow up. Well, after auditioning the M2's as rear surrounds in my 6.1 system, I have decided to keep the Qs4's. I was having difficulty placing them directly to the sides since my couch sits against the back wall and is open on both sides. I ended up moving the Qs4 up the wall to 6.5' and slightly forward of the couch, so the null is aimed at the front edge of the couch and they reflect off the back wall. The result has been excellent and feels more like theatre sound from above. Discrete sounds still sound as if they are coming from behind. I did away with the 6th ex channel mounted directly above the couch on the back wall, as the sound was too obvious and distracting. This also increased the ouput from the two side surrounds as the signal for the Ex channel is a matrix of the two sides. I did a demo of Fellowship of the Ring were the cave troll is swinging the chain around and grunting and such. Awesome- the soundstage was seamless and the chain could be heard as it swung 360 through the sequence and the troll sounded as if he was right behind me, despite the lack of the EX channel. This is what surround sound is supposed to be!

Thanks for the update. I’m experimenting with various 6.1 speaker options so it helps to hear what others have tried.

that is awesome Josh, I'm sure you will enjoy them greatly now that you've zeroed in on a location...

Well, this is what I ended up with. I almost sent the QS4's back for the 8's, but it really would be overkill for a 1700cubic foot space. I have an Outlaw LFM-2 on the way, and I may consider getting a couple more m2200's for the surrounds, but that may have to wait until I move and upgrade to the QS8's. Overall, am really impressed with the axiom product.

Pics below:


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I liked your solution to go above the venetian. It all looks good.

Thanks. Not quite as clean as I would like it but you can only go so far in an apartment.

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much better. thanks