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I ran across this DIY theater from AVS's main page, which is usually just a bunch of links from Electronic House... Any way, I came across one and as I saw the pictures, I noticed Axiom Q series speakers in the pictures, and sure enough, the specs show that it features:
M3 fronts
VP100 center
QS4 surrounds

For many of us, those are the "low end" if there is such a thing, for Axiom speakers, but none-the-less, they are Axioms.

DIY Theater

Strange that the budget was $35,000.00 and he didn't invest much of that on the speakers. Easily should have gone to the Epic80 HT setup.

Nice looking theater. It's funny because I automatically expect some fancy speakers to go with the rest of it, or at least top-of-the-line Axioms. Yeah, the M3s may not be what we'd expect, but you still get very nice fidelity from them.

$35000 ain't all that much when you're talking renovations, is it?

Man, if I had that kind of money for renovations, I'd be set.

$35000 can do alot especially as a DIYer.

Looks like he spent his budget on the visuals and not as much as he should have for the audio portion of a theater of that size.

Actually the article states that he didn't have a budget and spent as he went along.
Also brought in a Pro to help with wall dressings and I'm surprised that the Pro didn't steer him towards something that would be more enveloping. I have no experience at all with this but I would think a lot of sound absorbtion material in a large room would take an effect on small speakers.

Too bad he didn't stop in here. I'm sure you guys could have talked him into an Epic 80-800x2 system. Or at least .....................

$35000 is a lot of jing, I'll assume that's US $$ too. Imo, he should have put another $2-3g into the sound. I don't know, it's a really beautiful theatre but $35g?? I'm sure I could build this for close to half that myself (:puffs out chest:)

Yep, and with your very impressive sound effect impressions you wouldn't even need to spend a dime on a sound system Adrian ... money in the bank!

I obviously missed the part about a pro coming in to help, during my quick read. To me it shouldn't be listed as a DIY Theater if any professional help is used in the finishing etc. I can give some leeway with electrical and drywall finishing, but to me other than that it isn't DIY.