Need help with surrond sound. Speaker/Tech gurus in here please.

Originally Posted by hammondc

HT is my addiction. I have spent a lot of my hard earned cash to get to the point I am at now. When I started putting it together years ago I spent a lot of time researching on forums, reading in publications and listening to a LOT of speakers. It took me 6 years to get to where I have it now and I am starting to get 'upgrade-itus'. If anyone wants to know how HT can sound, stop by and I will put some stuff on that will shred your face. The subwoofer alone will knock **** off the walls and has pretty flat in-room response down to about 18hz.

You sound like me,

My system has been years in the making, always tweaking

Right now I'm running a 7.2 system with dual subs, my room response like yours is fairly flat down into the mid teens.

the names of the speakers aren't important. Small, ID companies who nobody has ever heard of that buys in a big box store. Fronts, center, sides and rear are an axiom setup, subs are dual outlaw LFM-1 EX's running in max extension mode. I love having new people come over to the house and putting on something like The Matrix or WOW and watching them almost **** themselves when the subsonics hit them in the chest and the windows of the house start rattling in the frames,

[hammondc]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

You sound like me,

My system has been years in the making, always tweaking

Right now I'm running a 7.2 system with dual subs, my room response like yours is fairly flat down into the mid teens.

the names of the speakers aren't important. Small, ID companies who nobody has ever heard of that buys in a big box store. Fronts, center, sides and rear are an axiom setup, subs are dual outlaw LFM-1 EX's running in max extension mode. I love having new people come over to the house and putting on something like The Matrix or WOW and watching them almost **** themselves when the subsonics hit them in the chest and the windows of the house start rattling in the frames,

Yep...I looked at and tried Axiom back when they did free shipping for returns. Like them a lot, but they seemed very bright to me (which is why I also do not like Klipsch). All my speakers are from the now defunct AV123 (Onix audio) including an MFW15 for a sub. That thing absolute destroys at about 50% gain. Good pick on Axiom...good stuff. I like the Aperion gear too.

Originally Posted by hammondc

Yep...I looked at and tried Axiom back when they did free shipping for returns. Like them a lot, but they seemed very bright to me (which is why I also do not like Klipsch). All my speakers are from the now defunct AV123 (Onix audio) including an MFW15 for a sub. That thing absolute destroys at about 50% gain. Good pick on Axiom...good stuff. I like the Aperion gear too.

the fact that both klipsch and axiom seem bright to many is probably at least partly attributable to the fact that both use metal cones.

I'm very interested in the Emotiva 8.3's, or maybe the 6.2's and may make a chnage in the near future. Given my room, I like the boundary and tweeter controls they provide.

[hammondc]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

the fact that both klipsch and axiom seem bright to many is probably at least partly attributable to the fact that both use metal cones.

I'm very interested in the Emotiva 8.3's, or maybe the 6.2's and may make a chnage in the near future. Given my room, I like the boundary and tweeter controls they provide.

And horns (at least in Klipsch). I really do not like horns. Emotiva stuff is supposed the be the bee's knees. I have not heard any of it yet.

[jkim05]

Originally Posted by hammondc

And horns (at least in Klipsch). I really do not like horns. Emotiva stuff is supposed the be the bee's knees. I have not heard any of it yet.

Yeah the horn tweeters in Klipsch speakers can cause listening fatigue pretty quickly for me. I wouldn't have gone with the Deftechs myself, but I got them at cost, so it was too good of a deal to turn down. Plus, they're shop is not far from me so if I need repairs, I don't have to worry about shipping.