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My M22s and QS8s are BStock. I was able to find the flaw on one of the QS8s... the other three speakers are perfect as far as I can tell. While I did look closely for flaws, I didn't inspect them inch by inch with a Flashlight or anything.

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Doesn't that make them collectors items?

Having finally installed my QS8s yesterday, I'd say that any QS8 should be a collector's item.

I ended up slightly compromising and installing them behind the main seating, inset about a foot from each side wall they're about 10' apart and almost 7' from the floor (due to closet doors). Nice clean look without visible wires.

They are a bit of fun to hang on the T-brackets. I'm sure that it gets easier when you get used to it, but I'm likely to do that again for awhile.

But enough about the work, and on to the sound. It's one thing to read about these things, as I did here for far too long, and it's another to hear them sing in your room.

After an Audyssey calibration (I do prefer using it), late Saturday, I was able to listen to a bunch of material today.

The pairing with the M22s is absolutely seamless when it needs to be, as it was when playing select Vivaldi tracks with the receiver set DPLII/Orchestra. The new setup provided a full, lush, complete sound that the old Paradigm Titans just didn't provide.

On the other hand, discrete surround audio for drums and other percussion (Blue Man Group, The Complex DVDA), strings such as violins and acoustic guitars (Jackson Browne Running on Empty DVDA) and even vocals (Pink Floyd DSOTM's Great Gig In The Sky SACD), are rendered as beautifully as I'm accustomed to hearing from the M22s in Stereo mode. Note that for DVDA and SACD listening I use multichannel analog inputs, forgoing the Audyssey processing. My Pioneer player has speaker distance adjustments, and the receiver can adjust sub levels when using multichannel inputs, so that's rudimentary bass management handled.

Turning quickly to movies, the impact of Dark Knight audio assault can now be felt more than ever in my room, right from the start. In the Fellowship of the Ring, the hobbits pass the doorman in Bree and the sound of the rain made me feel as though I were outside and the fireworks of the party scene impressed early on. Both films on bluray.

As pleased with my decision as I was, it was reinforced nicely when the Mrs., whose affinity for Top 20 Dance/Pop makes me want to cry, said that she really didn't expect such a huge difference. From her, that's big praise.

In summary, my only disappointment is in myself for waiting so long to proceed with this upgrade.

Good deal!

I'm happy for ya Kruncher, congrats on your upgrade and I feel the same way about both my QS8's & QS4's. Both excellent at what they do.

Excellent cruncher. I got suckered convinced by poeple here early on that I should go for the whole deal and I'm glad I was.

Have you tried master and commander yet. There is a scene near the beginning where they beat to arms and you can hear boots on wood going across your cieling. Very cool!

Thanks guys. I`ll have to dig my M&K DVD out Fred. I remember reading that description here some time ago.

::runs back to the man-cave::

Awesome, Krunch!

Fully agree. I found a bootleg of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here in DVD-Audio quadrophonic (4.0) surround sound yesterday. Pure audio utopia with the QS8's.

Very good, Krunch. If you want to make your QS8's easier to install, what I do is bend the mating tangs out on an angle slightly to help them mesh more easily. That scene Mark mentioned in M&C is probably the best surround effects I've heard so far along with the battle that accompanies it.