Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners My New setup - Requesting unfettered criticism

I am going to have: 1 pair M22s, 1 Pair QS4s, VP100, EP125 with an Onkyo TX-SR601 Receiver (6.1, 6 Ohms), the low priced Pioneer SACD/DVD Audio player (I can upgrade later), and a Technics 5 CD Changer in a 12 X 15 room with 11 foot ceilings.

What do you think?

Works for me... You may wish to consider a Hsu or SVS subwoofer instead of the EP125, but having not heard either a Hsu or the 125, it's hard for me to say.

Aren't SVS's a bit more expensive?

I've actually been debating on eliminating the surrounds and getting M60s in place of the M22s. And get the surrounds in a year or so. ???????

if the pioneer u reffered to is the 563a model, u r better off not buying it.....am the second member in the forum in the last month to return it.......the player has quiet a few issues

Plink, as requested, I've taken off my fetters and as I often do, I'll suggest a vertical M2 for a center. If you're considering postponing anything, it shouldn't be the surrounds; you can temporarily do without a center channel speaker and have the mains reproduce center channel movie material in "phantom" mode. If you're interested in a Hsu sub, the STF-1, for example, would be slightly less.

gnrajagopal, thanks for the tip! That's really too bad. I really wanted a cheap SACD option until I could upgrade but now I'm having serious doubts.

If all you want is SACD, I would strongly consider the Sony DVP 685V or the 755V. The 755V is discontinued but you can still find it for pretty cheap and it is an awesome player. It has also been noted by professional reviewers that Sony makes the best SACD players for under $500.

player 8, it seemed like there are more SACD titles out there but the DVD Audio option was nice. if I'm going to upgrade to a multi player in the future, you're right, a Sony SACD might be feasible for the next year or two

and thanks John K. I don't know much about speakers. What you said seems logical.

I have the 563a in my living room system, it gets used most days for kids DVD's, and sometimes for CD playback with no problems at all. Haven't used it for DVD-A or SACD yet.

Got the Grand Master system and its on the way! A long couple of days coming up.