Ok, yeah I'm a first timer for a building a HT. I was looking at some paradigm's but the price is just too high, and they may or may not be worth it. So I'm thinking of filling my 14x20 room with some Axioms. So this is what I was thinking. A EP175, a pair of QS8's, a pair of M60ti's and I'm not sure about the center VP100 or VP150(seems kinda big though). To run the whole thing either a Marantz SR5300, or a Denon AVR-1804? Not sure which yet. Then the display will probably be a Sony Grand Wega 42" LCD or something of similar size in a LCD or DLP. Anyway any insight, thoughts or suggestions etc etc would be much appreciated. Thanks All!

I have just bought the Denon 1804 and it is a really great sounding receiver through my qs4'a and vp100. I would suggest you get the vp150 considering the size of your room.
I can't comment on the M60's but I now wish I had spent the extra cash for the qs8's.
Just a side note on the 1804 if you are ever thinking about a full 7.1 system. The 1804 splits the 6th channel into 2 speakers and only the 1 amplification channel is used. The 2300 has full 7 channel amplification.

the axiom system you are thinking about will be excellent. I would go for the vp 150 as you will probably start wondering "what if" if you end up getting the vp 100

Thanks for the input guys.

You will likely be happier with a Hsu VTF-2 or STF-2, and they both cost less than the EP175.

Mark

I'll have to look into those, thanx

the axiom subs are quite capable, but all the rage nowadays is over svs and HSU.

I do like the idea of having all the components I can get to match up. Don't know if it matters that much or not but, I may go all Axiom speakers, and all Denon for receiver and dvd player. Except for LCD Tv heh Sony, Samsung or Hitachi I guess.......

I suggest doing some more research before investing heavily now in a large display. Look into the LCoS technology that is coming online. The consumer electronics show in Las Vegas opening Jan. 8 should bring some significant revelations.

I wouldn't buy a new tv yet. Intel has just jumped into the LCoS chip market. This could (will) change everything. LCoS prices should drop dramatically in the next year or so. LCoS is also (from all I've read) far and away the best looking of the new TV technologies.

there's an interesting ditty here on LCoS

http://www.projectorcentral.com/lcos.htm

this websites pretty good for info on some of the new technologies in the projector market.

AHHH buried in options lol. I'd rather know more than less, I think I will indeed wait a bit to buy a new TV. However the old 27' Magnavox has got to go! Great input here, I posted in another sites forum and got like 1 reply it was rather dismal... But not here thanx much guys.

Hi Spiff, Sid, all,

Projector Central is always interesting reading and the judgments well-considered. However, in contrast to Evan Powell, the writer, I LOVE the sharpness and contrast of DLP, and I found the early implementations of LCoS good, but lacking the deep blacks and contrast that DLP delivers. (I am not sensitive to the "rainbow" effects of the slower color-wheel DLP units that affect, apparently, about 20% of viewers.)

I have not seen a demo of any LCoS front projectors. The rear-pro models I saw were an early RCA and the JVC. So don't all carried away with the promise of LCoS until you view them along with some DLP models. You may find, like me, that you prefer the extreme sharpness and stunning blacks that DLP can deliver. I'll update my impressions after the CES show in Las Vegas ends, on Jan 12th. . .

Regards,

I'm really looking forward to seeing LCos, based soley on what I've read. From what I've actually seen, DLP is by far my favorite of the new technologies. LCD and Plasma just don't do it for me.

I certainly agree with you there Craig, I haven't been overly impressed with either LCD or Plasma. Sure the price has come down drastically, but I still think they've got a long way to go on quality! At the risk of sounding archaic, I still am very happy with my CRT and it's as good a picture as anything else I've seen available.

Now maybe in a couple of years when I move into a new place and have a little more room, that projector will be the cat's aft.

I also still prefer the look of CRT over any of the newer techs. The problem is size. I want a 60"+ TV. To get that in CRT would take up WAY too much space.

Perhaps by the time I'm ready to get a new TV, a projector may actually be the thing. I just have to keep working on Roger. He's not keen on the FP idea. I think it would ROCK. If I do go that route, it'll only be if we own a place, rather than renting, because I'll want the recessed, automatic screen in the ceiling.