I just got M80s, too, and I like the sound a lot --- especially the bass. I did already have some subwoofers, but the bass is better, which I guess is due to the mid-bass the M80s are giving me. However, I do have an amplifier problem driving the M80s, since occasionally they drive my Onkyo 3008 into protection mode. The Onkyo 3008 is supposed to drive 4 ohm speakers, and I don't listen at high levels, so this was a surprise to me. And a couple weeks from now, I'm going to replace my VP150 with a VP180, so I suppose the amplifier problem will get worse. Do you think adding an Emotiva XPA-3 to drive the M80s and VP180 will fix this?
Odd! I have only ever shut down my Onkyo 3007 once when I first bought it to test how well it could handle my 3 M80s up front and QS8 surround and rears. I played GOA Trance music with a very intense bass beat in all channel stereo for 30 minutes at 100dB and then switched to 2ch stereo for another hour and a half at 100 dB and everything was fine. To test it’s limits I finally bumped it up to 105 dB and it shut down about 5 minutes later. Since then I’ve never had any shutdowns of my 3007 at any sane listening levels.
FYI all SPL measurements were 12 feet from the M80s.
