My order arrived today (2xM60, 2xQS8, VP150) and the break-in process has begun -- my back will never be the same

I haven't hooked everything up yet, but here's hoping my ancient Onkyo HTR500 proves to be inadequate and needs immediate replacing. haha

Congrats, Sami I am sure the Onkyo will be upto the task, if not you then have a good excuse to buy a new one

Enjoy. I have a nearly identical system (swap out the 150 for the 100 and substitute the HTR500 for a SR508) and love it. I am sure you'll have the same experience.

Make sure to post a few pics of your setup for us to ogle.

Keep in mind there is NO break in period, unless you are referring to your back.

Enjoy your new toys Sami. Are you using a subwoofer?

Sami, welcome. I suspect that soon you're going to have both good news and bad news. The good news will be that the Axioms sound great; the bad news will be that it means that your 500(100 watts/channel)is plenty for them if it's still in good operating condition. It's unlikely that you'd need a new receiver on the basis of power capabilities, but replacement to get more up-to-date features may be another matter. Enjoy.

Congratulations, Sami. Once you get things set up and do some critical listening, make sure to give us your impressions.

Buzzkill.

yeah, the break-in was my back. today was my toe

no, i didn't buy a subwoofer, no money (for now hehe )

My thinking on AV receivers is to buy the lowest cost model which has the inputs you need, it seems a new interface always comes out each month

Interestingly enough, Onkyo support's email read,"Honestly with these speakers when using this receiver will be under powered"

as for feedback, at my age and (poor) listening skills, let's say everything sounds amazing

had a flash back to elementary school for a sec, "sami! you have poor listening skills!" me: "huh?"

Yes, that email is interesting in that it appears to make no sense.

Instead of replacing the Onkyo, get a capable subwoofer. If you plan on watching a lot of movies with this 5.0 setup it will make a dramatic difference.

I second the idea of using the Onkyo as is and adding the sub now.

I should add a "sub fund" donation link into my message signature

Maybe run a raffle?

Seriously, take whatever money you were willing to spend on a new receiver and put it towards a sub. Whatever your stated budget is, I'm sure we can find you a good sub to go with your new system.

Makes perfect sense to me. Loosly translated it should read: "we want you to buy more of our stuff."

That's what I figured too, onkyo would love for me to buy another receiver.

But the budget for 2010 is gone, below indicates the lengths i've gone to make my own FMS QS8:

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2011: subwoofer