Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners QS10 or QS8 for my small space? Price Increase Ed

Yes. The tweeter closest to the couch should be a foot away from the rear wall.

I just looked at the picture again ... must of looked too fast as I thought that it was a couch with space on either side ...

it's a sectional ...

The problem is that you don't want to be sitting too close to a surround (like directly below it). Mojo is probably right with his placement if the room is left as it is. I'd definently experiment with the QS10's placement and see what you can get away with. See if you can pin point the QS10s (in different placements) sitting normally in all position. If you can't find a QS10 position that works ... then try the same sitting at the edge of the sectional ... moving the sectional a foot out from the side wall (far wall in pict) might help.

If that doesn't work ... and assuming the space is dedicated TV area ... and assuming you don't want to buy new furniture ...
I'd try something a bit out there .... Turn the sectional to some angle (ideally 45deg if you can still get into the seating) with the sectionals corner section touching the back wall. That would probably maximize the number of seats with decent sound and if the TV is 4K the screen distance would probably also work. In this case with the QS10s on the back wall ...

I know ... how to make a small space even smaller but I'd bet it would maximize the sound and TV viewing for all ... Just a thought.

Hah yeah this is what I have to work with. I know its not ideal, but the wife wanted a sectional, so that is what we got. There's only two of us, so its rare anyone sits on the other side to actually watch tv. The seats along the back wall get a good experience watching stuff. Usually if we have company we entertain in the living room.

EBlack, not dissing anything ... just thinking about how to maximize the experience. ... the QS series is pretty forgiving on placement so I'm pretty sure you will find an arrangement that works

Well I ordered a pair. Ended up just ordering the bstock ones in black oak to save a few hundred on them. I will report back what I think of them when I get them in like a month or sooner. Appreciate everyone input.

The wraps have been real wood veneer for some time now. I hear the black oak is real nice. I've been thinking of sending some of my vinyl black oak speakers in for real oak re-work.

I concur. You wont be disappointed with Black oak. I ordered some m2's from bstock and i'm not really a fan of the black finishes but saving some $$$ is always good. And upon recieving them the black oak is very nice and i really like it. Enjoy!

Yeah, I am looking forward to seeing the finish. I really like the look of the whitewash maple I have. Im glad the Bstock ones were black as they will match the subwoofer, grills, avr, etc.. If they were any other color I probably would have spent the extra few hundred for the matching finish.

I will just be glad to be done shopping for speakers. Talk about analysis paralysis.

The wonderful thing is once you have your QS10s, you can start experimenting. Did you know the M5OW and QS10 use the same mounting bracket? Yeah! You know what that means, don't you?

Its funny you should mention this as I was thinking this of how would the QS10s sound as LR and the M5s as the surrounds in the setup. I probably will try this out for laughs since its so easy to take the speakers off the brackets.