UPDATE: My M80's are the v3 series so I guess there are no gold straps connected to the binding posts (that was confusing until I realized there were no dual binding posts as on v2 models). In any case I bought 12 gauge wiring...one thing I didn't mention before was that I still had the old Bose subwoofer hooked up to the system as well thinking it would increase the lower midrange with the Axioms for a synergistic affect. When installing the new wire yesterday I eliminated that sub and found quite a difference in sound and wow...I discovered that was the issue. In the Bose setup wires from the receiver connected to the sub's input and then another set of wires went out from the sub's output to the speakers. I think something was lost along the electrical pathway that limited the reproduction in some way. I can't really explain it technically (or maybe even possibly psychologically) but that solved the problem for me. My thanks to all who have assisted me!

Last edited by Captain4105; 05/16/11 05:15 AM.