Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Please Help Me Decide

Hello,
I was trying to get a home theater/music system in my living room. After hearing a few HTIB's I quickly gave the idea up and convinced my wife (ok begged) to allow floor standers/large bookshelfs on stands.

The room size is 14x22, opens to the kitchen area to one side, open to the front of the house (passage,dining and upstairs area) on the other and is 2 stories high.

I have heard PSB T65,T55,B25 Triangle comete es and the B&W 602s3. I liked the PSB's the most but there was someting missing. The towers could not keep up with the music (or so I felt). The book shelfs did not have bass.

I am thinking about the M60ti's to begin with for music. then I will expand to a 5.1 system with the S4/8's and VP100/150's later.

Do axiom owners here think that the M60ti's would be better than the PSB T55/65's?

What would be a good reveiver to drive these? I am planning on spending around $1100 for the front mains and $ 600 to $800 on the reveiver. Later on around end of the year I will add the sorrounds,sub and center.

Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

APD.

Go listen to the B&W 703 towers. If you like that sound, you'll like the M60ti's.

As far as what to drive them with...HK and Denon are the most popular receivers around here. Though Onkyo and Pioneer Elite have some fans as well.

if you wana save some money, you could get the M60's factory outlets. plus, that is a VERY big budget for a receiver. there is no question that you can find plenty of receivers in that price range, but you might not need them. do some research on the internet, and you will be able to find some GREAT quality receivers with PLENTY of power, for around $500. no reason to spend $800 if you dont need to, right?

i think the M60's will be just right in a room that size. get you an Onkyo, H/K, or Denon receiver, and you will be sailing!!

bigjohn

Hey there Apd, welcome to the Axiom family, hopefully

I'm not familiar with PSB's, but I can tell you that the M60's are fabulous speakers. I demoed B&W 703's, NHT, Paradigm, and Klipsch. I ended up with the M60's and I am a happy camper. I also second purchasing from the Factory Outlet from Axiom, and also see if you can audition Axioms in your area, check out the Audition thread in the Q&A forum.

randy


M60's VP150 EP350 4-Qs8's
Denon 2805
Sanyo Z2 projector
Toshiba DVD
Samsung HD Receiver

Yamahas also were popular around here for awhile.

true, but i have seen very few yamaha receivers in the $500 range. but then again, i havenmt been looking very hard either.

but, yes.. they are perfectly fine receivers... so i have been told!

bigjohn

Quick replies. Thanks. All of the replies were by addicts, guess thats why you got the titles. I am glad you are willing to help me out.

I had a big budget for receivers because other speakers I looked at needed the big power. But If I can save some $$ here , I can get the center or the sub.

I will go and listen to the B&W 700's today.

Where is the factory outlet of Axiom's? Online?

Addict actually means that we are completely unable to stop posting and opening our big mouths. Which is a pretty good indication we like to pretend we know what we're talking about!

It could also mean that you guys actually care.

I am in Houston TX and will try to if some axiom owner would kindly indulge me for 30 minutes.

I imagine you'll be able to find someone in Texas... I'm pretty sure there's some people around there.

Back on the receiver front, I've been pretty happy with my refurb H/K 525. At the time, the new one cost somewhere between $800-1000, and the refurb (with 2 year warranty) cost around $500-600. Great deal.