I sure did. I was smelling voice coil and adhesive. At 14 feet away, that was 109dBC peaks and likely more because I doubt my meter was capturing the real peaks.
Axiom does a very good job of spec'ing what their products can take. They quote a continuous rating and a peak which is 4 times continuous. The M100 is good for 400W continuous and 1600W peak. Axiom also publishes sensitivity which is very accurate up to the peak power rating.
A single channel 1500 can source 650W continuous into 4 Ohms across the audible range. In typical applications, you'll go deaf before damaging them but you can smell them nonetheless.
The 1500 was made to funnel as much of the AC wall power as possible into a set of speakers using the latest MOSFET technology. The 1500 can maximize the SPL from the triple HP drivers in the active LFRs. In my living room, I could feel my rib cage compress and I got heart palpitations from the actives without being anywhere close to cranked (-15 on my Pioneer).
