Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Hulk get mad, hulk smash Grand Master 500

Well as the title says, I'm mad. Well let me start. First I got my speakers today, man they are nice but there are a few things.

I bought the Epic Grand Master 500 and I have a ONKYO 806

1) It sounds like crap, it sounds like the band is in a pool with just base. Oh and my 500 has no base, just rumble.

2) I'm getting no audio from my HDMI, so I had to dust off my old Optical cable just to hear crap, get video from the HDMI just no audio.

3) Not a question but a statement I did not care for the stands for the M22's I would take them back but I'm to cheap to pay to send it back.

I don,t know what to do I have been trying for over 3 hrs now and it still sound like a pool with only base. Oh and I have been trying to call axiom for help for the 1 hr now also and no one is there to take my call.

Sounds like you have some settings not quite right in your Onkyo.

I suggest you take a step back and try running Audyssey. Report the results (it will display 3 screens of info at the end). This will help get your system setup and more importantly, give us a clue what may be going on.

Did the mic set up, now I have no sound at all.

Hour later still no sound I have done everything, My xbox sounds ok but the bass is not that deep and the picture blinks on and off sometimes.

Graham, unfortunately you're getting an opportunity to illustrate the aptness of your board name. Relax and try the simplest setup first. With just the M22s, play some FM music from the 806. Does it sound good with plenty of treble and not just bass?

Xbox 360, Radio sounds good. But the HTPC still sounds bad, I had audio for a bit but now its back but its still sounds like a I'm in a tube and I have to crank it to -48db just to hear any little thing.

Sounds like you have a problem with the HTPC. If you try and play a CD through the Xbox, does it sound good?

Regarding the the picture blinking on and off sometimes: It might be the that HDMI cable you are using is bad. The HDMI connectors might be too loose going into the components you're plugging them into.

I had the same problem with my receiver. I bought a few HDMI cables from Target because I didn't feel like waiting for shipping from an online retailer. Well, the cables were causing the picture to randomly blink on and off sometimes. I bought a few HDMI cables from PartsExpress.com to replace them, and the problem went away.

Updated my realtek driver. But I still have to turn it up to -50db just to hear anything, I when to the master volume and it was at max. I will keep trying later in the morning wife is sleeping and I don,t want to be loud

Double check your connections from the HTPC--sounds like you might actually be hearing channel leakage instead of the full signal!

Does it work properly if you use headphones--either direct from the HTPC or from your receiver?