Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners VP160 vs VP 180

A mount to hold the VP180? What model?

not the 180, the 160. Peerless ps200.

Speaker is here! Thanks Ian and Debbie. Of course my mount is not...Newegg delayed it...grrrr. But I'll toss it on a box and try it but doing proper setup with mic thing might have to wait a few days. Of course I'm working again tonight too.... I love the fact I even have a job in this economy but me wants to play with toys!

So, definitely an improvement over the 150. Was late last night before I could try it. I couldn't do the Audyssey setup yet so it's really not fair to judge anything yet. My mount should be here today, but my back is out so I'm not sure if I'll attempt it tonight.

It's certainly bigger than the 150. The woman is not happy. Even with two large subs and M80's next to it it's obviously big. Personally I don't mind it. If anyone is wondering the Vinyl on the V4 speakers, black oak, is a perfect match for the vinyl SVS P2k sub....I mean perfect. Oddly my Black oak M80ti's have a little different vinyl and seem flat in comparison, but it doesn't bother me. I have other V4's in the house so I sorta expected that.
Adjustable legs on the bottom are handy. Can be removed.
Now that I have the thing, I can see a better way to mount it. Before I bought it I was dreaming up idea's on how to do it. My Vp150 used the full metal bracket and had this cool floating look to it. No stands....loved it. I thought maybe multiple FMB's across the back might do it, but you couldn't use the standard screws, you'd have to drill a hole through the back of the speaker, and use a thicker bolt and washer through the hole into the FMB. Two FMB's and must be into studs. Speaker is 30" Across and lining up studs with the FMB's would be tricky. Even then, the speaker is 43 lbs, and I'd imagine a real wooden finish worse again. It's not so much the weight, a single FMB can hold many of Axiom's speakers up, but the depth of the 160 is the issue. Someone would have to crunch the numbers but because it sticks out so far, I'd imagine the weight at the bracket point would still be quite a bit.

Then it got me thinking. TV mounts. But reverse it. If you have ever mounted a TV the first thing you do is mount the rail to the wall, then the two brackets (not sure what to call them) onto the TV. then you lay the brackets onto the rail, and can slide it back and forth to center it. Well, if the VP160, even 180 had the rails on the back the full length of the speaker, and the brackets went on the wall obviously into studs..tada...speaker mount that should be plenty strong enough. You could slide it left/right to center, and the entire weight of the speaker would be spread across the wide rails on the back of the speaker.

My Peerless, which might not work, is basically a shelf. We shall see if it's strong enough soon.

Congrats Newf,
The 160 is an awesome unit. When I got mine a couple years ago had a shelf above my T.V. already for my previous center channel a little Klipsch C20, No way was the 160 going to fit on the little shelf I had.

Wound up getting a new entertainment center.
Hopefully the stand or shelf is sturdy and big enough.

HI all looking for advise on two items ,First Looking at upgrading Vp150 v4 to VP160 or VP180 .Looking at M80s or M100s.I presently have 4 QS8s .AVR Yamaha RX850. and looking at the ADA1250 .My room is 17'x18' x7' I listen to a lot of assorted music and of course movies .Any help on the above would be greatly appreciated.

Bob M

Welcome to the forum. Just an FYI you will get alot more attention if you start a new thread rather than in a current thread. As to your inquiry,do you plan to implement ATMOS, though with 7ft ceiling i would think not. Do you have a sub or plan to add a sub , if not then i would say the M100's HP and depending on how much room you have, the VP160 would fill the bill and is very well liked and respected.Are you using a projector or HDTV and how far away do you sit and how many rows of seats. I would say with what you have a 7.1 setup would be your best bet. I also would suggest powering the front 3 with an ADA and let the receiver take care of the rest.

Yeah what he said. But welcome aboard.

Meanwhile. I took the legs from the edges and put them in the middle where the Axiom stand would attach. Why? Because the legs were too wide for mount. The peerless mount is technically an a/v equipment shelf so it has holes for the legs.