Could be, but I would be very interested in what Ron told Jon the specific differences were.
Just for the heck of it, I took my tape measure out last night and measured the M80s. Yes, I know I could have read the spec on the product page, but I wanted to see how "large" a few other things were. The PC- 39 inches tall matches the height of the M80s quite well. Another 7" is noticible.
The Rat.
M80s, VP-150, QS8s,
SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO,
Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880
Sony 60" SXRD HDTV