I'm demo-ing new speakers, and have read a lot of reviews. I'm looking to demo the Boston Acoustics VRM90s next. I have read good things about newform's R645v2, has anyone heard these in person, and care to comment?

http://www.newformresearch.com/

I was just doing some research on speakers and amplifiers for a friend of mine who is about to take the plunge on a home theater and ran across this thread. I noticed that Incognito felt that the M80Ti’s were too bright, because this is a common complaint for that speaker Axiom can supply a resister upon request to calm down the high end. I think that it is a 2-ohm resister that you can put in series with the tweeters, but you would need to speak with Alan Lofft or customer service at Axiom to get the proper information and cost, if any. Axiom has a toll free number on their web site www.axiomaudio.com. Because of the size of my room, the Parasound amps that I use, and some hearing loss from listening to loud music over the years, I did not find the speakers overly bright. I have had a few of my audiohaulic friends say that they were on the edge of being too harsh for their liking, but still acceptable. As many other people have posted, speakers are all about your personal preference so the best advice is to listen to as many as you can before you spend the money. I feel that Axiom is similar to Outlaw as far as giving excellent customer service and good value with its product line. I have found very few products that compare favorably to products costing twice as much, but the Outlaw 950 and the Axiom M80-Ti/VP150/QS8 do it on a daily basis, and do it well. I am sure that there are other speakers that fall in the same price range and are of similar quality and sound but I did not find them when I was on my quest. I have yet to find anything that can compare to the 950 in its price range, it was well worth the wait and probably the best audio purchase that I have ever made.

For the past 3 months I have been running Martin Logan Aeon-I’s as my front speakers but have not removed the Axiom M80-Ti’s from the living room (Home Theater). The sound is very different from the Axioms but I am not sure if I like it any better. For movies I feel the M-80’s have the upper hand, they go deeper and play louder, they also timbre match the surrounds and center. For 2-channel stereo I think the Aeon-I’s sound slightly better. They have acceptable bottom end, smooth mids with a nice clean top end. I have done a ton of a/b comparisons and still I am on the fence. I am leaning toward using the Aeon-I’s for a dedicated 2 channel system that is currently using a pair of DIY speakers that I made a few years ago and using the M80’s for my HT. Sooner or later the WAF will force my hand when I am told to remove two of the speakers from her living room, but until then play I must… LOL Just my 2 cents.

Wow that was a long post just to mention the resistors were available…

Fronts: Acoustat 2+2's directly driven from Acoustat Servo-Charge Tube amps.
Center: None
Surrounds: Acoustat 1+1's with MK-121C Medallion interfaces.
Subwoofer: Outlaw LFM-1

I sit nearly 20' from the front so the absence of a center channel is not a serious liability. Since the system fires down the long axis of the room, even when seated off center the dialog channel doesn't shift off the screen too much. Also, integrating a center channel speaker with electrostatics can be problematic. With that said, I would still like to experiment with a center channel speaker. I have been accumulating some salvaged Acoustat parts and components with the hopes of putting a DIY project together. A rear center surround is something I would like to try too.

Fronts: ESS AMT3
Amp : Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400
Center: Phase Technology
Amp : Outlaw M200
Rears : ESS AMT3
Amp : Mesa/Boogie Strategy 400
LFE : 2 DIY 15"
Amp : Sampson S1000

Hello All

My recently purchased HT gear:

Onix Rockets 750 Mains (soon to be 850's)
Onix Rocket RSC 200 Centre
Onix Rockets RS 300 Surrounds
Onix Rockets RK 250 Rears
Outlaw LFM-1 Sub
Outlaw 950 Pre/Pro
Outlaw 770 Amp
Marantz DV 8400 DVD
NEC HT 1100 DLP Projector

Lots of hours reading on various forums persuaded me to purchase these fine pieces. What can I say, incredible sound and vision that hopefully will keep me satisfied at least for a few years. Demoed the Onix vs Axioms in my home for 30 days. Axioms are a very fine product as well, but the Rockets are just that much better in sound and especially looks.

Great Value from both Outlaw and Onix Rockets

Don't ask.......

Mains: Ascend Acoustics CMT-340M
Center: Ascend Acoustics CMT-340C
Surrounds: Ascend Acoustics CBM-170's
Sub: HSU VTF3-MkII

Driven with Yamaha HTR-5790 for the surrounds and processing and 3 Outlaw M-200's for the front 3.

Outlaw 950
Parasound HCA-855A
Mains Klipsch RF-35
Center Klipsch RCX-4
Sub Klipsch KSW-10
Surrounds Klipsch Quintet

this may be a little bit light for you diehards but,..
b& w 601 series 1 (passive bi-amp) front (B & K VMR 654)
infinity sterling-center
infinity ss-2001 surrounds
monitor asw-210 sub
center and surrounds powered by OUTLAW 1050(i have to be here somehow,right?

Outlaw 1050
Mains Kef Q55.2
Center Kef Q95.2C
Surrond Kef Q15.2
Sub Velodyne VLF1012