Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo AXIOM m60ti with ONKYO TX8511 or ROTEL RX1050

Good point about the crossover for sub. With smaller speakers this would definitely be a problem because you really need to high-pass the mains (ie set them to SMALL) in order to keep the bass out and let them play at a decent volume... and only an AV receiver can do that.

With M60s it's probably not such a big deal -- you would probably just have the sub kick in at the lowest frequencies (maybe 40-50 Hz crossover freq) and would not need a high-pass filter.

I run an HK3270 with M60s and am totally happy with the combination. I would only add a sub if I was going to play DVDs through the system... and then I would probably want an AV receiver anyways...