Hi Julie
Lots of good advice posted, I helped my sister find and setup a system very much like yours last year. I spent a couple of hours setting it up for her and I must say that I was impressed with it's over-all sound (so was she).
A couple of months latter I was over for a visit, I walked in and noticed she had moved the speakers to were they looked better (out of the way she said). This system has now lost it's soundstage, bass has a boom to it and the mids and highs have become lost into the back-ground.
This and many other sites have much good info on room acoustics and speaker setup. These things can be done with little or no cost and will be easy to hear even with the gear you already own.
I agree with the above posters that a nice integrated amp and better source will make your Axioms sing to a higher note with correct speaker placement with-in your room.
Dave
Lots of good advice posted, I helped my sister find and setup a system very much like yours last year. I spent a couple of hours setting it up for her and I must say that I was impressed with it's over-all sound (so was she).
A couple of months latter I was over for a visit, I walked in and noticed she had moved the speakers to were they looked better (out of the way she said). This system has now lost it's soundstage, bass has a boom to it and the mids and highs have become lost into the back-ground.
This and many other sites have much good info on room acoustics and speaker setup. These things can be done with little or no cost and will be easy to hear even with the gear you already own.
I agree with the above posters that a nice integrated amp and better source will make your Axioms sing to a higher note with correct speaker placement with-in your room.
Dave