I would recommend getting the M80 and be done with it! I first bought a pair of AX1.5 and upgraded to M22TI, and now I also got both M60v3 and M80. I have the M80 (& VP180) hooked to external amps and my M60 are hooked to a behringer EP2500. So if you buy the smaller speakers, you will always wonder how the bigger speakers sound. Go to the top and don't look back! :-)

The m60 aren't bad, but still not the same as M80..

As for a dedicated amplification, some disagree, but for me it's a must. All the Axiom speakers (starting with the M22) sounds very different when I connected them to a big amplifier. I currently used my Yamaha and pioneer AVR as preamp only. I got two additional amps in the living room and one external amp in the bedroom.

I still regret getting the M60v3 instead of another pair of M80
:-(

Last edited by LucRaymond; 10/16/10 01:09 AM.