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I am just saying your room is awful big for the M3s,or any bookshelf for that matter.

Exactly! "For once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will!"

See what I mean....you will upgrade. I did not see a sub listed there. Do you have one?

Sorry to say, I think the guys are right when they say you may want to move up a step or so. I am not sure you need the M80's as I think the M60's will do a good job for you. If you return the M3ti's for some M60's you are looking at another $600.00. If you do not have a sub, get one. A good sub, paired with the M60's will give you the bang you are looking for (there is a set of M60's on www.audiogon for $500.00). You can get a great one for about $500 (check audiogon from time to time as they come up sometimes for about $350.00). I have the outlaw audio sub in about the same size room as you and it is amazing(www.outlawaudio.com).

So, all in all, to get that bang you will need to spend about another $1100.00. I hope that I have not let you down by telling you that you need other then what you have but in the end you will be very happy with the overall sound vs what you have.



Craig

Check my sig... seems we have something in common (speakers).

I want/have always wanted floorstanding speakers but let me tell you... these M3's are pretty amazing for lil 'bookshelfs'. I don't want to say everyone wrong about small speakers in a big room, but I have my setup in a ~20x28x7 room and it can get pretty damn loud and sounds perfect while doing it. Music, movies its all pretty impressive to me.

Inane, good to hear from someone that has the M3ti's. Again, I am not sure about his room vs st up but from all that I have heard here, to get the punch he wants he may want to move up a little. Also, I am still not sure about his sub or lack of one so that may be the punch he is missing.

For all newcomers that have issues like this, Axiom is very givnig of there time. Give them a call, explain the room and what you do have and they can help better then (sometimes) us.

I have M3s tooand absolutely love them!! So much so, that when it became time to upgrade due to being in a larger room where the M3s "seemed" a bit strained on the louder passages, I made the obvious choice and went with the M50s.

I agree, a bookshelf would probably not be enough for such a large room. I would suggest having a look at M60s at least. My room is almost the size of yours too (maybe a little smaller).

OK, for the record I DO have a nice sub. I bought it because my old DVD player had a line out for a sub, and it made a huge difference. I kept it, and it's really strong.

Ok then; let's see:

So you've already got a good sub, and a VP150 center....good start

You don't care much for the sound of the M3s; that's cool, lots of other folks(other than ME, don't either!!) So you may want to take a look at the M60s at that! The M50s sound like the M3s, but the M60s sound like your new VP150, so that's good match!!

It also sounds like your room is border-line in size for being either too large or not too large, so perhaps M22s would work as well! And they would also match up well with your VP150.

Good to hear you have a sub. You may want to change the sub line out to your reciever line out.