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Now that's a room sized for some M80s and a big ass amp

Vike, welcome. As Rick and others commented, the M80s might not be your best choice in that room. With reasonable speaker and listener positioning it appears that you wouldn't be more than about 6' away. The drivers should have enough distance to "blend", and with the size of the M80s you probably wouldn't really have enough room, so that in my view is the problem, rather than any sort of "overpowering", because the volume can be adjusted to suit the room.

I tried my M22s in various sized rooms, including one just slightly larger than yours, and believe that they would be a fine choice for you when coupled a good sub.

Thanks for the advice but the M22s are $460 a pair and the EP500 is $1,200. How is this cheaper than the 80s at $1,300? I like you idea about the headphones. I dont know why I did not think of that. Well, its down to the M22s with a subwoofer or the M60s. Any suggestion on power and preamp for these speakers?

No one mentioned NHT sub, specifically NHT SW10/SW12? I am missing something? The driver is NHT 1259, the same one in their NHT 3.3 system I believe. It is also one of the popular choice of driver for DIY sub owners. They are very musical. Google NHT 1259 and find out more information on it.

I have owned M80's for a few years now and have tried them in several rooms, and I have to be honest with you, they do not sound good in a room 12 x 10. I have had them in a room almost exactly those dimensions, and there just no soundstage. The sound was like... like it was put through a blender.

I had M22's in that same room, and M3's, and they both sounded very good. I would suggest either of those, or M50's if you want more bass.

However, if you plan on having a bigger room shortly, then you can definitely get M80's. Also, don't forget that if you get M80's, you will need an amp that can drive the 4 ohm load.