Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Not sure if I'll be happy with my order...

My original plan (that fit my budget) was to order the Epic 80-600 system in the standard boston cherry vinyl finish.

In order to get my wife's approval, her one requirement was that the speakers had to match our existing furniture. Turns out that the only match was the most expensive custom finish (Rosewood).
Therefore, I had to downgrade my speaker selection to the Epic Grand Master 500 in order to stay within my original budget.

Have I just committed the ultimate sin?...choosing "looks" over sound?

Life is full of compromises, you did what ya had to do. If you're not in a huge room I think you will be quite pleased with you're order, as will your wife.

Wlcome to the forum akirac. Thats going to be one nice looking setup!!

You are trading a small difference in sound for a HUGE difference in looks. Considering that is important to your wife, I thing you win big time.

Don't forget to come back and post your impressions and pics.

How big is your room? There is a huge difference between the 80's and the grand master bookshelfs, not really in the same league. The 500 and 600 are pretty close for the subs.

Looks are important, but sound is our goal in audio.

I think a lot of people really love the m22's. However, I do think room size is important... how large is your room?

Welcome to the forum akirac,

Decisions are all about tradeoffs based on preferences so there is no "sin" committed . Unfortunetly WAF plays a huge role in some cases. What bookshelves did you choose. Many have noted here that the M22+sub sounds very similar to the M80's.

The biggest tradeoff IMO will be sacrifing power handling going from the towers to bookshelves. How large is your room? BTW if I had a choice between the EP500 and the EP600 I would go with the EP500 myself.

BTW your system is going to look gorgeous with the rosewood finish.

Congrats!

I'd probably aim for the 60-350 myself.

I am thinking like Ken for this one, I would have dropped the 500 sub and went for the M60s and EP350. But the M22s and EP500 will be a great system as long as the listening room isn't too large.

Thanks for the encouraging words...

My total room volume is about 2000 cubic feet and I will be using a 115W x 7 AVR (Denon 2809).

Reading all the reviews and this forum, I'm certain the M22's paired with the EP500 will sound really good. It's just that in the back of my mind, I'll always be thinking "As good as this sounds, I could've had something that sounded EVEN BETTER"...

I agree akirac. The Denon 2809 + M22 + EP500 will sound amazing and with the rosewood veneer finish it will look spectacular as well. That is a terrific system.