Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Speakers arrived - Placement advice

Thanks Fred,

Yep, doing the install on Saturday. Already figured out the placement.

With a bit of luck I should be finished by Midday, then i can spend a good six hours or more doing some rigorous testing.

I will report back when it's done...

Excellent !!!
I always get exited hearing about others first run at setting up new speakers. I don't know why as it's unlikely I'll every step foot in your HT but I guess it just pleasantly reminds me of my own excitement back when I started.

I would put the center below the screen (or at whatever level the mains are). I had my vp150 on top of a large big screen tv for years, but it is now below the tv and roughly level with my mains midranges. the difference is pretty amazing.

i also think the asymetrical placement of the surrounds is not a huge deal. just don't mount them TOO high.

Heck I'm not an 'old timer' here at Axiom by any means, still it brings goose bumps when I read on here that someone's made the purchase and is awaiting their HT package to arrive! It takes me back to when all of mine arrived at the door and I got to unwrap every last one of them and hook them up. Some have said it took a bit of placement experiments before they started to get the sound out of them that they were looking for, however I still remember hooking the M80's up to the reciever and playing the radio through them as I wired up the rest of the speakers.

Even the DJ's voice sounded like diamonds, sex and heaven all blended together and then unleashed upon my ears! Getting the placement just right was the icing ontop of the icing. A day I'll never forget to be sure.

Since I can't afford to purchase the system I want all at once, it's going to be an ongoing thing over the next 2 years. (Somewhere I've got to save and buy another car and fix up the house in this time frame also.) So, for me, at least, the excitement is going to be an ongoing thing. (Good thing I've got plenty of blood pressure medicine). I'm still awaiting the arrival of a W100, some banana plugs and speaker wire, that is due in the next hour or so here at work.