Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater 6.1 or 7.1 in this room??

don't know of a 7.1 listing, but here's a DTS listing that includes 6.1 listings:
DTS listing

KO, there actually is no 7.1 format; the most "real" channels is 6 on a few movies. The 6th channel can of course be played on both 6th and 7th back surround speakers and the general opinion is that the effect is somewhat better than with only a single back speaker. Also, as has been mentioned, processing such as DPLIIx can derive information from two and five channel sources and send stereo surround signals to the two back speakers.

Ok, I am starting to think more and more about putting 2 M2ti's on the rear wall for the 7.1. I think due to there more diminutive size(7 1/2" wide) I could in fact fit one of these guys to the right of that closet door. With a full metal bracket, I think it would be doable. My only question is: According to the literature for the full metal bracket it says it mounts the speaker 2 3/8" from the wall. Is this enough room for a rear ported speaker?? The final setup would be as follows: M22ti's up front, VP150 for centre, QS8's left/right surround and 2 M2ti's for the rears. As you can tell I REALLY want 7.1!! This would give me 5 1/4 woofers all around? Which I assume would mean a uniform soundfield for hires audio.
Mike

Mike, I think you answered your own question when you said:

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I REALLY want 7.1!!

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If you really want it, anything less will give you nagging dissatisfaction.

You should check with Axiom on the FMB and the M2, but I'd be flabbergasted if they designed a bracket that would not work well with their own speakers. I'll bet you'll be better than fine.

Is hires audio similar to Hires Root Beer?

That will be a great system. What are you doing again for the sub?

tomtuttle,
Good point on inquiring about the FMB and the M2i!! As far as sub goes, for now I will drag my sub from upstairs downstairs. It is a Paradigm PDR-10. It will do sub duties for the time being. Hires root beer..mmmmmmmm....beer!!!
Mike

I'll say it again, especially with that nice Paradigm sub, I think the system you've described is going to be fantastic! Also, a lot of people seem to really like the HK receivers, and they are often available for good prices from harmanaudio.com and other online sources. Don't get me wrong, I personally have Denon and Yamaha stuff, but there have been numerous mentions by people who really enjoy the HK multichannel processing.

Now, go have a beer.

Thanks for the info Bilbo and JohnK.

KO

Does HK have a receiver with DPLIIx? I can only find DLPII.

I think they call it Logic7 or something similar. Same idea as DPLIIx, but proprietary circuitry. We need to find somebody who knows this stuff better than I.

Logic 7 and DLPIIx are similar but different. Yes, both will get information to come from the rear speakers, but the Logic 7, as I understand it, plays more like Neo 6 from DTS. (Please feel free to correct me if I'm worong on this - I'm not a Logic 7 user). That is, it plays a mono rear surround. The DLPIIx plays a stereo rear surround and can do so with a 2 channel or a 5.1 or 4.0 signal.