Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater stereo vs surround

Your compute could live on/in a small desk somewhere, perhaps, or get a laptop or Ipad instead.

None of the Axiom subs will oversupply bass. They only fill in the lower portions without overdoing it. The more expensive ones will just do it lower and more linear (flatter) for more accurate reproduction, before your room changes everything (lol). Consider the EP350 as the smallest one you would use from the Axiom line. I know first hand, because I started with the EP175.

Mathew, I would definitely go for at least the 350, and maybe lean towards the 500 if you enjoy action/sci-fi movies.

Frankly, the 175 doesn't get an awful lot of love in that it simply doesn't put out anywhere near the other two subs!

Edit: And another welcome, by the way!

Yeah, sorry. I shouldn't have made such a sarcastic recommendation to someone new here. I was purely joking about the house addition.

But, really.... it WOULD make us forum members happier if you built the addition.

Hey nickbuol, No offense taken. I laughed at what you posted. My answer was sarcastic also. But now that we are on the subject maybe you could lend me the money (LMAO).

That room is pretty hopeless for decent surround HT in it's current configuration.

Best you can do would be to get the M3's and wall mount them. At least you would have a decent 2 channel music system.

Or get a new wife?

The M22's are the greatest bang for the buck product that Axiom makes imo. If you could rearrange the room properly, I would recommend them and a sub and surrounds. But with that out of the question your options are very limited.

I see that the will is there, but do you have the yarbles to make a stand?

In my home, I find the best place for speaker placement first and then I arrange the furniture around that!

But good audio is a priority in my house. A quality of living "issue".

Luckily, my lady shares my dogmatic approach to music and movies!

You could look into the Gallo "lifestyle" product line. Great sounding and unobtrusive, but it might be too odd or weird for those with conventional tastes.

Matthew, you have gotten some good advice considering your room limitations. Here are my two cents worth.

1. Get the M22s for fronts and set them on either side of the TV. Set the TV forward if necessary for them to fit on the sides. M22s are more than adequate to drive music to insane levels in your space and they are very accurate above 80 Hz.
2. Get a receiver that will let you set a phantom center. I think most will. In your room you won't notice any difference from a real center unless you need to set the center higher for dialog reasons.
3. Get QS8s or M2s for rears and mount (set) one above the bookshelf a foot away from the fireplace and wall mount the other high between the outside door and the large window.
4. Get a good sub for music below 80 Hz. Look outside Axiom for best value in the US. Be careful on size since you will have placement issues.
Bill

Seems to be you could quite easily get rid of the computer closet. On either side of the fireplace it looks like you have some type of cabinet holding a bunch of books. All it would mean is getting a different type of cabinet that could handle a computer as well. I've seen plenty enough of those around. Such as this, http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40180061

If you do that you could then centre the tv on the wall and move the couch to the opposite end maybe 10ft away with a chair against the wall.

I think it would work prety well!