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on walls can be toed in toward the MLP but it will slightly change the sound as they are designed to be against the wall. I have had mine mounted on a support with nothing behind them and also put up a piece of drywall just behind it to see if there's a difference. With the drywall up you can notice a difference although it still plays fine without it. Getting optimal sound is the goal but sometimes compromises have to be made due to room constraints or other obstacles. You will probably enjoy it either way. With Atmos the sound is more directional to a specific speaker so as long as you can tell which speaker is supposed to carry the sound you're okay. Everything I've read about Atmos says to get as close as you can to the optimal set up but if you have to make some slight adjustments it will still work. DTS encoded soundtracks are more forgiving to speaker location.

Everyone loves their QS10s. No one is going to trade them in until the QS12s come out.

If you don't mount them directly on the wall, you lose bass. They need to be mounted in the center of a minimum-sized area of 4' x 4' in order to benefit from boundary gain. Mine are mounted on the wall and are crossed to the sub at 40Hz. When I place them on ladders a foot away from the wall, they lose about 20Hz of extension. That 20Hz of extension from the QS10s makes a real difference for me. But you'd never know you're missing it until you hear it.

I'm looking forward to hearing how Atmos works with your QS10s. I think you will be very happy both with Atmos and legacy surround formats.

What would a QS-14 have in it?

8" front driver, 2 - 6.5"mids and 2 tweeters

Think if you need more then a QS10 you should double them up ...
Actually, I bet that would really work ... ask Axiom ...
(especially about placement)

The QS12 will have triple 8" woofers and articulating mid-woofer and tweeter faces so you can tweak to your heart's content.

Mojo, You should talk to Ian about applying for a job ...

Lol is that what bi-wiring terminals are for?


I will definitely pick him up an application.

I'd get fired real quick. I've grown up in an engineering environment where every decision has to be justified and air-tight. If products aren't perfect, people die! I'm sure I'd never get an Axiom product to market and if I did, it would be decades late and all the staff would be ready for the Arkham Asylum.