Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Need Opinions on upgrading my 7.1 setup

I don't think M22's would be way overkill as rear surrounds if one had a large room and listened to a lot of multichannel audio (e.g. DVD-A and SACD), which utilize the rear channels quite a bit. Otherwise, a pair of M2's works great...that is my setup and I love it.

Mark

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if you are seated close to the surrounds (as in my situation) the QS series might be the better way to go

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Excellent idea! My old HT had me sitting very close to the rear wall, so as a result I never went beyond 5.1 sound. Had I had your post in hand, I would have had a viable way to upgrade to 6.1 (or even 7.1)! In my new HT I'm about 10' from the rear wall, so monopoles work great, but your idea is one that I think many could benefit from!

- Bill

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Uh, I see what you mean... how big is that room?!

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The HT is 20' x 20', but the house ia built around a "great room" design, so the HT opens into the living room, dining room, and kitchen . . . maybe 1200 sq. ft. all together. Fortunately the ceiling is not high, although I think the current speaker system would handle it OK.

- Bill

Bill,
The HT room looks to have a fair number of hard surfaces. How do you find the sound in there?

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The HT room looks to have a fair number of hard surfaces. How do you find the sound in there?

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The sound is great! I don't know why, but there are no reflections, echos, or any other problems associated with hard surfaces in my HT.

- Bill

Well imago, we really need to know your room size to make any further opinions. But I'll tell you this...it's easy to say when it's not my money, but even if it were I'd be where I am now I too have a 7.1 and I'll tell you this, go all Axiom (minus the sub - you can decide which way to go with that). But to have all your speakers timbre matched would be a real plus. Plus to having matching colored speakers is a plus on the WAF scale (if that's an issue for you).
I run in a 15x20 room the VP150, M60s, QS8s (side sur.), M2s (rear sur.) and then a PB2-Plus for the sub. So you'd have a similar or exact match to what I have if you get what's on that list. It will not dissapoint for certain. I don't have any friends or family who can compare with this system (save maybe one). But then again, none of them are as crazy as I am (or should I say as WE on this forum are) for Home Theater and great music.

So lets recap my rambling.

1. Buy all Axiom speakers
2. Figure how close you'll be sitting to the rear wall for 7.1 to decide if your rear surrounds will be M2s, QS8s (or some have QS4s)
3. Buy a sub that will make you happy and be fitting to your room and need/lust for bass. I say lust because there are varying degrees of us who want bass to enhance our sound and some who want it to consume us. Me, I like it to kick me in the pants (thus the PB2-Plus is a good choice for me).

Thanks for all the input guys, I appreciate it. I will let you all know when I purchase my upgrades and get to test them out!