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I was talking about the Image line of speakers. The 6T's to be exact. They are very competitive for their price I believe. As soon as my M22's come in I will do a non-professional comparison to the Image 2b's. As I was thinking the Athena's may be a little below the performance curve.

Yes, They do have a new line of Image speakers... The old ones were your basic computer designed crossover, technicially proficient, but not very musical speaker. The Stratus Gold i's were (imo) the most musical speaker they have had.... but at $3000 US., a pair of M22's and a $600 Hsu or SVS sub, totalling $1000, matches its performance.

There are several image dealers near me, I will check them out...

Same with Paradigm...

After an hour on the phone with Alan yesterday (great guy... and he loves to chat ! ) We settled on the M-80's for our large 43x14 foot room. Having a 200 WPC Solid State Amp also helped with his decision....

Well! That's a switch. Was the decision predicated more by the size of the room, than by the other speakers you will be comparing them to?

Man! That IS a big room. That's 602 sq. ft. My whole apartment, all 5 rooms, is only 800 sq. ft. You'd feel claustrophobic in my room.

Jack, You Pretty much nailed it. The size of the room, the other equipment, and the belief by Alan that the M-80 was HIS preferred speaker for this.

Nice.

As an update... Rather than use "system" pricing, each speaker will have to fend for itself in a two channel setting. This means the Rocket 550's will have to compete directly with the M-80's, as will the Ascend 340's, though they will get the benefit of the Hsu STF-1 sub, making the package $938 plus shipping ....

Craigsub,
A little off topic
what are your thoughts on the STF-1?

I'll beat Craig to the punch and post a link to the "official" comparison thread over at the Home Theater Forum for his "Small floor standing speaker shootout...." Besides, he's so technically challenged, he doesn't even know how to post a link over here where it's a "do it yourself" project .

Craigs been hanging around over at the Rocket forum too long. The only reason he calls this a "SMALL" floor standing speaker shootout, is because Mark Schifter over at Onix is soon bringing out this Rocket monster. The RS1000 or RS1K. YIPES! MSRP $2700/pair.

Jack, I actually finally got the link part down... but mine are the ugly ones that show the entire web address... Someday, when I am all growed up, I will learn this stuff, too...

The Kid... The STF-1 is a great little sub... For $299, it is tough to beat. I DO want to have a mini-sub shootout this fall... maybe the Rocket sub, and the 125 from here ?