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I am going to be moving into a new house thats being built and want to pre run wires. I will be upgrading my current 5.1 set up and am looking into the axiom line up.

For the last 6 or so years I have been running B&W 602s2 for the front 601's for the rear and the cc6 for the center off an onkyo 75x5 reciever. Subs have been dual SVS CS+ off a samson 1000 amp.

My new TV room will be bigger and I want something new so im looking to upgrade one day. I like the QS8 rears because of the different angles they fire and I hear read they are flexable in placement. I did a quick drawing of the room layout to help. Its 18' wide and 20' deep with 11' celings. There is a foyer for the front door and a big arched opening that goes into the kitchen and the rest of the house. Few windows in the room and im not 100% sure where the couch is going to go but I think its pretty close in the drawing.

The fronts will be either the m80's or m22's depeneding if I go floor standing or not. Center will be the 150 and QS8's for the rear. I am not really looking to do 7.1 since its not that big of a difference and theres not a lot of 7.1 movies out. I will one day when I have a true home theater. For now it will be my den.

I know the best spot for the rears are on the side a few feet up from your ear but as you can see thats not going to hapen. I dont think a rear should go in the foyer since it might be blocked by the side walls and I think it would look funny offset and above the door. I could put them in front of the couch before it goes into the foyer but I dont think that would be as good as the back wall?? So right now im thinking the back wall. They would be 3 or so feet back and 8-10' off the floor depending how far appart they need to be and where they fall on the arched opening.

For power I was thinking for now I can get some outlaw audio 200w monoblock amps and hook them to my onkyo's preouts.

So what do yall think...back wall....how can I tell where they need to be on the back wall...like how far appart?

Thanks
Mark

you can ceiling mount the QS8s with Axioms FMCB.

Hopefully Sirq will chime in with the surround quality of ceiling mounted QS8s. I know that he loves them.

Yeah I know I can mount them on the celing and then have them on the sides where they should be....but I kinda like the look of them on the wall rather than the celing. I guess I also should say I have a "WAF" to clear lol. When you walk in the front door you would see the back of the left QS8 just hanging there. I am trying to get the best sound/look.......

It would make THAT big of a difference having them on the sides vs the rear wall? With the celing mount they would probably end up a foot or two higher from your ear.....

Also what do you think about the side wall in the foyer area above the front door....not a good idea with the side wall getting in the way possibly.

One more...if they are on the celing on the side of the couch....how far appart/from the couch do they need to be? I am looking at my house plans and wondering where they would be in relation to the can lighting.

Your surrounds speakers should be at least 2-3 ft or higher than your ears, especially the Q series as they envelope you in the experience. Mine are about 7ft high and work great.

Welcome to Axiom.

I might just mount them on the ceiling...wont look as good but good enogh for me...I just need to see how the waf goes. I might just drop that 7.1 bomb idea and see how she feels about 4 of them up there. Then i'll settle on 1/2 of them lol.

Do you aim them right at the seating area or just slightly angled?
I am guessing my room is around 4000 cubicft....im going to need to up my subs

Mark, welcome. Your proposal of about 3' behind the couch and 8' up should work very well. As far as the separation of the QS8s, keep in mind that although you used the term "rears", the surround speakers in a 5.1 setup are side, not rear, surrounds. You should therefore separate them as widely as possible(i.e. not over the archway), so as to give more "side" effect, despite the fact that they'll be on the back wall(again though, 3' back is quite acceptable).

I know it sounds simplistic, but the stands are about as tall as they can be without either falling over or needing impractically large/heavy bases.

I think distance from your ears is also a factor... when you have stands the QS8s tend to be closer to your ears, so you can get the same angle without being quite so high. Three feet is still a bit low even taking that into account, of course.

BTW I own and use the QS8 stands, and am real happy with them.