John, you mean to tell me you had your stereo playing up past 100 db's??? Wow, that IS news!!! Lol, just kidding buddy. Seriously though, if you're listening to classical music at an average of 85 db's and the peaks are 106, what would the peaks be if I were listening at an average of 105? They wouldn't jump all the way to 126 would they? Just curious.
Mapatton, having never personally heard the M22's before, and being a VP150 owner and admirer, you may be surprised when I say that I would suggest going with M22 L/R and the VP150 center. I say this because IMO the VP is a very specific speaker. Being designed for center channel use, it isn't really built to play low frequencies. For one thing, you'll notice it isn't ported. Now don't get me wrong, I feel it does a fantastic job at center, I may be in the minority in that belief, but I stand by my fondness of it.
But I would not attempt to use it for L/R mains. I suppose you could do worse. But at the same time, looking through Axiom's many offerings, you could also do much better. Expecially when you consider that two M22's are only a little more than one VP150 (heck for what you'd pay for a pair of VP150's, you could almost buy a set of M60's... now THOSE have all the volume any sane person could ever need!). But no matter what you do, I hope it knocks your socks off!!!
