I'm designing a new system for a 1200sq ft loft in L.A.. A subwoofer is not in the plans but I would like to still be able to achieve low enough base to give some punch to music and movies. The owner of the loft isn't the bass nut that most of us probably are and would be bothered by very deep bass at high SPL's. Anyway I'm debating over M60's and M80's as mains. If I go with the 60's I feel comfortable driving them with a Yamaha RX-V2600. However, I'm not sure the amp would handle the M80's as well (4ohms). Any thoughts or suggestions? I have been looking at the Rotel amps for this. I'm thinking a 2 channel amp between 120-200 watts/channel at 8ohms (300watts @ 4ohms = RB1080) should be sufficient.
