Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater M22 Good for HT???

fastlane, I'm not sure but I was under the impression that one of the M22s 5.25" drivers was a dedicated mid?

curtis, some folks like warm fuzzy speakers that soften up their music, but who wants that for HT?

Thanks for enunciating on that fact. I do agree that the M22 probably has great midrange. I can't comment as I've never heard it. I wasn't trying to say it didn't have a good midrange but I was more eluding to the fact that the M60 has a "better" midrange. It follows along the same line as the integrated receiver vs. serarates debate. An "all in one" receiver is not going to do as good of a job as a processor and amp. A receiver is designed as an all in one for convenience so some steps had to be cut to incorporate everything (obviously there are exceptions to the rule, as cost increases) together where as in a separates approach each piece is solely designed for a specific purpose.

Nope...the M22 is a two way design....both of the bigger drivers play the same signal.

warm and fuzzy for music...yuck. HT is much less demanding of a speaker IMO.

Bigwill, It states right on their website that the M22 uses (2) 5-1/4" woofers, where as the M60 uses dual 6-1/2" woofers and a dedicated 5-1/4" midrange driver. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they are the same driver the M60's just use a x over to direct certain frequencies to specific drivers to clean up the sound.

I don't think I have ever heard anyone refer to the Axiom line as a warm and fuzzy speaker. More like detailed and accurate. As I mentioned earlier in the post the midrange is not critical in HT but it certainly can't hurt.

That is correct. However, I would take a 2 way modern speaker such as the M22 any day over the 4 and 5 way speakers sold by Pioneer and others... I don't think that the 5.25s acting as both mids and woofers would degrade the mid performance in any way, shape, or form. That's just not how these things work.

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OK.....pet peeve of mine "Is the speaker good for HT?" If a speaker is good for music, it is good for HT.

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I have to agree with that curtis.
So many times i've had an audiophile friend ask me what i want this unit or that unit for, music or HT, like there is such a difference.
Doesn't anyone watch musicals anymore? Or listen to the soundtrack during a movie? I love the soundtrack from Braveheart, The Last Mohican, Star Wars, and so many others.
HT and music are intertwined. What is good for one is just as good for the other.

Hey, whatever happened to that pet peeve thread? It needs a bump.

I'm going to start marketing a device called a "Speaker Attenuation Selector Switch" (or SASS for short). It will have two settings: Music and HT. It will be about the size of a matchbox. To use it, you stick it to the back of your speaker, then just select the mode you'd like to use.

Buy one for each speaker in your system, subwoofer included!

I dunno guys. When I had the 22s, I found them flawless for HT, but lacking something with SOME music. Probably the source. (No, not me! The musical source)

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I found them flawless for HT, but lacking something with SOME music.

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That I can live with....but the other way around, that is what would bother me. Music over HT please.