Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Upgrading again!

Well I've decided to upgrade again. Going from 60's to 80's. Main reason being is that my upstairs living area is an open 20,000 cu ft area. Although my Ht area is seperated into about 1/4 of that, I want to be able to fill most the area at times when we have parties or alot of guests.
I'm thinking of using a 2 channel amp to drive the M80's. Axiom suggested the Outlaw 2200, and I'm also looking at the Rotel 1080. Any one have experience with either of these, or recommendations for a good amp in a similar price range? Thanks

Have you considered going with the high gloss M80s? Or the veneers?

Re the amp, dunno.

Wow, I never even noticed the custom finishes, nice stuff. But at this point I wanna match sub. My center is from Aperion and has a very high gloss black finish, but its mostly hidden from view.

now, i want to upgrade too and i haven't even gotten my m60 yet.

You will love the M60's, I still do. Just going bigger because my space is so large. From what I understand not a huge difference in sound but the M80's can play alot louder.

HomeDad: by upgrading to the m80s, do you have to pay the return shipping for the m60s to axiom?? Just curious??

I can tell you that. No!

Axiom sends labels for return shipping.

Doug is absolutely right, and they arrive tomorrow

How’d you swing that return shipping? Did you recently buy the 60’s?

For amp, I’m running my 80’s with the 1080. Great amp. When I was researching amps, my choices (in my price range) eventually got narrowed down between NAD and Rotel. I decided to go with NAD, ordered it, and then the vendor tried to stick me with extra costs (after he had my CC # ). I got pissed, cancelled the order and bought the Rotels locally. The combo rocks. Crystal clear and loud as hell. Don’t know how loud, cause I can’t tolerate it above 2:00 on the dial (well above 100 db’s).

There are several others here that are using the 1080/1070 combo for their 80s. All are quite happy.

60's are still in 30 day trial, so free return with upgrade.
Thanks for the info on the 1080, thats one of my top choices if I go with a stereo amp. They are really hard to find though, I'm kicking myself for letting one get by me on e-bay for 600.00 a couple days ago. I'm also looking at the 1095 if I go multi.