Hi everyone,

I had a flood earlier this year which ruined my m80s and one of my QS8's (v2). I don't want more than a 5.1 setup in my space, and wondered if I could pair a v2 QS8 with a new v4 or if that wouldn't work well. If I have to I'll switch to 6.1, but it'd mean a ceiling mount which I'd want to avoid. Hoping I can just get the one speaker but don't want them to be mismatched. Thanks,

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Is your insurance covering the costs? Check out the Refurb and B Stock stores on the Axiom site for prices that might make you rethink your direction.

You might consider trading the single V2 in on a pair of V4's. As for mixing them, there were changes/improvements made over the version updates that could make this a difficult to listen to pairing.

It’s my understanding that there is a big difference between V2 and V4. But that said … it’s an ambient surround and maybe you could get away with it.

If it was me, and if the $$ didn’t kill me, I’d highly recommend getting a pair of QS10s …
I’m very happy with them in my family room (18’x18’x9’). The setup M2/VP150/EP500 & QS10s setup in half the room … other half is for ping-pong

I agree with the previous posts.

I'll just add that even though the QS10s are in a totally different class compared with my QS8v2, I find the M5 on-wall is more versatile if you also listen to music in surround.

if this is mainly a video setup, I’d consider on-walls in case you had a repeat flood.

Thanks, I'll be listening to music in stereo, so this'll be for movies/TV/gaming - looks like I can try the trade-up program with my existing speaker for the QS-10's as the best option. Thanks everyone for your input

Get two different finishes...like me. They're similarly good.

Says the guy with the furnace filter decor

Those are to hold speaker stuffing for absorption. These are for diffusion.

Oh, I thought that was your Axiom speaker distress & test kit

That's one use case. POS HP drivers can't even take a direct hit from my Cold Steel War Hawk tomahawk.



Check out the vented pole piece which improves heat dissipation and reduces turbulence.

Well I’m glad you’re not my surgeon.
That driver looks like it suffered a lot of pain

It sounds very transparent now.