Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M80's on the way, need advice...please

Well the M80's arrived today!

I have to tell you all...
I unpacked them, set them up and connected them to my old Yamaha HTR-5760. (I ordered the emo RPA-2 amp, it will be here Monday.) Fully aware that my old yammy would probably shut down since I listen to cranked levels, I wasn't too thrilled yet...

Anyways, I put in my first choice of music, Joe Satriani's "Crush of Love" and set the volume to -10 (nice and clear and loud on my old Boston A100's). I have to say, I was sitting at my computer desk (squarely across from the M80's about 10ft), then the song started.

And I am telling you all when that song kicked in, it turned my floppy into a hard drive! I was freakin shocked!

I can't imagine what an amp is going to do. Needless to say I've very happy and excited. I've been checking the yammy for heat since I've been cranking for the last 2 hours and to my surprise, it's barely warm.

Well that's my 2 cents, fantastic speakers! Thanks to everyone and thank you to Axiom!

Dduval

Very, very cool.

I think we all remember that moment!

Great! Welcome to the M80 fan club!

Congrats!

Not everyone has trouble driving the M80's. I will be very interested to learn if you perceive a qualitative difference between the amp section in your Yamaha and the Emotiva.

Enjoy!

Glad to hear you are enjoying them, I'm also intreseted to hear if you feel that there is a difference beteween the Yamaha and the Emotiva. If there isn't i guess you can always save some cash by sending the Emotiva back.

Tom,

I'll definitely let you know, with the sound of the yammy, I'm starting to wonder myself how much I'll really "hear" a difference, especially in just "sonic quality".

Take care,

Dduval

You had me for a minute. What did you mean that you weren't too thrilled yet?

OH yeah. btw great to hear how much you like them!!!!!!!

That's great news Dana, glad to hear that you are enjoying the beauties, owning them for quite some time I sometimes miss that very first reaction of actually being able to distinguish the amazing clarity of each individual instrument in the music for the first time.

Count me in as another who would be interested with your thoughts regarding the differing coloration of sound between the two amps.

One more looking forward to the comparison and congrats on the M80s, Pics?

Hi Dduval

I am glad you are enjoying the M80's.

I suspect that you will hear less distortion at loud levels (100 db+) with the Emo due to the increase in headroom. At lower levels, probably not so much, but I am interested to hear your thoughts when you get it. I am of the school that most amplifiers sound pretty much the same, unless you are spending really big bucks $3000 or more. The most important thing to remember about an amplifer is the quality of it powersupply.

Personally I think you have more to gain upgrading a pre-amp. I think this can colour the sound much more than the power amp.

Keep us informed and enjoy your new speakers!

paul