Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners What would your advice be....upgrade or not?

Ok..I know I am talking to myself, but here is the latest. First, after carrying in all the box into my basement from the garage my initial assement was in correct. These boxes are torn up, jeesh. A couple are missing complete little chunks. Good thing Axiom packs this stuff so well.

Ok, now the real info, the M60s. First off let me say even though they are just the Boston Cherry, these things sure look nice. A real step up from my old Polks. So, I hooked up the 60's and my iPod to the Onkyo. I played some Jack Johnson, followed by some Metallica. I have to say I am pretty impressed!!

Bass response seemed much better than I was expecting. Mids and highs seemed pretty crisp and accurate. I then hooked up my old Velodyne CT-100 and even with that sub they seemed to blend real well. If these sound this good, I can only imagine the 80s.

However, with how good these sound to me and considering room size and the fact I was wrong about the return window on the 805; I think I might be leaning towards keeping the 60s. The funny thing is the wife is still thinking I should get the 80s.

Go figure, I think she still thinks I may flip my stance in the long run. Maybe I will still get the 80s and get an amp later on. One thing for sure I would not look forward to packing these mosnters back up. Well for now I am going to jam some more tunes and work these out some more.

The 80s sound like a veil has been lifted off the 60s. Better bass and better imaging beyond the speaker boundaries as well.

I haven't listened to them back to back, but I think you're overstating things by a tad, Mojo. Also, -500 points for using "veil has been lifted."

Try placing them about 10 feet apart since you are sitting 10 feet away. Experiment with toeing them in and not.

Right now they are a litte over 11 feet apart with a slight toe in towards the center sitting area. I will say, if the 80s sound that much better, I am not sure I would ever leave my basement if I got them. I have to say, if I did not have the Onkyo I am pretty sure I would be getting the 80s.

Ok...more talking out loud. Since the Onkyo is outside of the 30 day return window. I got to stay with the Onkyo, which I actually like anyways. I am now thinking of giving these guys a call and see when this amp will be available.

Emotiva

Keep the Onkyo, have this run the 80s.... Anyone ever use this brand with Axiom stuff. It sounds like it should be able to push the 80s...

Randy (Sirquack), had an Emotiva amp with his M80s for a short while. He had problems with the amp shutting down. There is a thread on it somewhere. Randy's room, though, is roughly the size of Rhode Island and he likes to listen at rock concert levels.

Operating under normal circumstances, the Emotiva amp should be fine.

Make sure you try some source material other than compressed stuff from the ipod...

The XPA-2 and XPA-5 are completely different amp and architecture than what Randy had.

And, yeah, definitely listen to some uncompressed source material.

Good catch, Tom!