My evolving 'Living Room Theater'

[Bodymechanic]

This is the way we set up our home theater. It's hard to see the relative perspective in the photo's but the prime listening/watching position from the screen is 9ft. THe TV is a Samsung 43" DLP with a HD box and VCR underneath. The other components are in the cabinet to the right. I use dual fan rack mount from the rear to keep the Yammy rx-v2500 nice and cool. Also use an IR relay system so that I can control all the components even with the main cabinet doors open in front of the 'rack' so-to-speak. You can see the 'mains' in-walls on either side of the furniture and the sub is located on the floor near the right cabinet. It can't be seen while sitting on the sofa or from the perspective of these pictures. There are in-ceiling surrounds and an axiom VP150 above the TV. We love it! The picture quality is excellent. We have a ton of control over ambient light during the day with the shutters on the windows. THe room acoustics have been tricky to say the least. It's a large room with laminate flooring but we have overcome most of this with the large sofa, wall treatments and a huge area rug that we had custom made out of a large-pile carpet. THe sound is incredible but I hope to improve it yet again by replacing my current in-walls with axiom products.

As you can see the upgrades are complete. All speakers are Axioms now: (2) M22Ti's in Custom finish as mains, a VP150 center, and EP350 sub and (2) QS8's as surrounds. All speaker placement follows the Dolby HT setup guidlines, Equalizing via Yamaha YPAO and tweaks courtesy of my ear. It sounds amazing and looks just as good. The pics don't do it justice!

 

[jaxvon]

Wow, I really like your setup. The cabinet and flooring are beautiful. Are you going to get the Axioms in a custom finish?

 

[Bodymechanic]

Custom axiom finish

Yes! And thank you. The heartland maple with charcoal grills match/complement almost perfectly. I had several samples sent to me and was blown away by the heartland maple; just got super lucky

By the way, axiom customer service is second to none. Good thing I don't live in Canada, I'd have to move next to the axiom store

Best regards

 

[RMK!]

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This is the way we set up our home theater. It's hard to see the relative perspective in the photo's but the prime listening/watching position from the screen is 9ft. THe TV is a Samsung 43" DLP with a HD box and VCR underneath. The other components are in the cabinet to the right. I use dual fan rack mount from the rear to keep the Yammy rx-v2500 nice and cool. Also use an IR relay system so that I can control all the components even with the main cabinet doors open in front of the 'rack' so-to-speak. You can see the 'mains' in-walls on either side of the furniture and the sub is located on the floor near the right cabinet. It can't be seen while sitting on the sofa or from the perspective of these pictures. There are in-ceiling surrounds and an axiom VP150 above the TV. We love it! The picture quality is excellent. We have a ton of control over ambient light during the day with the shutters on the windows. THe room acoustics have been tricky to say the least. It's a large room with laminate flooring but we have overcome most of this with the large sofa, wall treatments and a huge area rug that we had custom made out of a large-pile carpet. THe sound is incredible but I hope to improve it yet again by replacing my current in-walls with axiom products.

Well done and congrats. The IR relay system is a great idea.
I have a similar setup and my only gripe is when using an Entertainment Center like this, it is a real hassle to tweak the equipment and wiring (and I like to tweak). The bonus is it is very WAF friendly and from the looks of it, your significant other had a say in things.

 

[Cygnus]

beautiful setup! I like it alot! VERY very clean!

 

[Sheep]

this system is a perfect example of blending with surroundings, very nice
How does that subwoofer do in that room?

Sheep

 

[Bodymechanic]

Thank you very much for the kind comments. The sound is rich, warm, clear and seems to wash over you at any volume. The sub is overkill for my room. Its, fast, tight and accurate but I only turn the volume up to about 20% gain and crossover at 80 via my receiver. The sub is set so that it's own crossover is defeated and all the processing is done via my Yamaha V2500.

The photo of the sub is a little misleading. There is actually 34" between the face of the sub and the sofa.

The photo's don't do justice to the overall appearance of the setup but suffice it to say that it looks almost as beautiful as it sounds.

Kind regards,

BM

 

[westcott]

I love the attention to details, the wood choices for the flooring and entertainment center, and the speaker choice.

You should be proud of your hard work. It looks like it has really paid off!!!

 

[Cygnus]

Mabye it's just me, but...are your front speakers upside down? They sure look like they are....

 

[Bodymechanic]

Yes the M22's are upside-down. This puts the tweeter at ear level. Per Axiom, this is preferable to having the tweeters located too high. I had asked for advice about this via email and they actually recommended that I try it this way. The Axiom 'badge' was turned-over also so that it reads correctly.

After having the system for a couple months and listening to the speakers right-side-up and upside-down, and running the YPAO with all the same settings, I have come to the conclusion that it sounds better right-side-up. I just haven't updated the pics. I'm not sure if there really are any sonic differences (at least any that I could hear). Maybe it's all in my mind but they'll remain right-side up from now on.

Gratz on being the first to spot it!