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Yep, as some of you know I'm remodeling my basement. I pre-ran all of my speaker wire, etc. So all I have to do is mount the Qs8's to my ceiling in the locations I've planned. One of these days I'll get some contruction pics on my website.

Darrin,

The QS8s can also be mounted on stands and there are some nice alternatives out there. This approach gets you the QS8s and keeps them off the wall.

I think she doesn't like the way the actual surrounds look, on stands or otherwise. Let me qualify that by saying she is not overbearing at all, but I'm sure you all have heard the, "well...I would really rather that you didn't do that. I'm not crazy about that idea." So, I decided to suck it up and go with floor standers for now, mainly because I don't want my wife to be unhappy with the setup.
Someone mentioned something about the M50s not be tonally (I think that was it) matched to the M60s...should I have just gotten 4 M60s if I was doing floor standers? Thanks again for any assistance!

-Darrin

Boy, do I ever understand your predicament. When I was conspiring to purchase the Axioms, and yes I do mean conspire, after my wife had picked out the living room furniture (see how all this works out) I would ask things like "Wouldn't it be nice to have music in the living room?" and "What do you think of matching speakers on either side of the entertainment center?". Based upon her responses, I prepared an argument for the day when the speakers arrived. I had everything planned out - the speakers would arrive, I'd unbox them, and place them before she ever knew what happened. Then, once they were up, she would see how well they blended. Heck, if all else failed, I still had 30 days to return them. Oh, what a sad day that would have been.

Did this plan ever go to crap. First, I was floored by how big the M80s were. Second, while unboxing everything in the garage, she comes home for lunch! Funny, we all know we're in trouble when our wives give the situation a passing glance as they walk out the door. Everything else was the same, including the parting kiss. But that glance…

As I nervously placed the speakers in their designated area and hooked up the rest of the system, everything arrived at the same time, I thought to myself, she's going to kill me. Once in place with music filling the entire area, I felt more at ease. Except for one thing, and there is no way of getting around it, holy crap these things are big!

The moment arrived when she came home. Her first comment to me "Those are huge!" Knowing my God given instruments, I knew she could only be referring to the speakers. The day went on without a hitch. Her only question to me was "How much?" When I told her, she didn't flip out. But the next day I did notice the empty slot in my wallet were the credit card used to be. Come to think of it, it’s still empty.

Along with the M80s, I purchased the QS8s with stands. The way the living room is setup, there is no place to properly wall-mount them, so the stands are the only way to go. Overall, the total setup looks pretty good and my wife has had no complaints. She has commented on how different the QS8s look. But when we are watching movies, she thoroughly enjoys them. And that is what we are all after anyway, right?

I'll try to post pics later. Good luck!

Lamfada
Sometimes I'm glad I never married.
To answer your question, yes, in my opinion you would be better off with 4 M60s. The other good option would be M22s on stands for the rear.
[edit] Or go ahead and buy the QS8s anyway along with $200-$300 worth of flowers for the wife.
GOOD LUCK!

I bet he could wrap the flowers around the Qs8 stands in a way that his wife would think he was turning into an interior decorator

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh wedded bliss, can't live with them, can't live without them.

"can't live without them."

Sure you can.

Don't stress on the M50/M60 not tonally matched thing. I've compared M50s vs M22s (something which not many other people around here have done) and they're really very close. There's only a few differences (other than the bass level) and it's hard to tell the difference without immediate switching. Sounds like a cool setup to me!

i say "women you can't live with 'em you can't live with 'em"

"I'm always on the lookout for the next ex-Mrs. Malcom."