The speakers arrived today! My cabling guy did not get here to fish speaker wire up from the basement yet, so I dusted off my 20 year old 200 watt 2 channel Yamaha amp and the CD player that has been hiding in a box with it since we renovated and took the M60s for a spin.

Compared to the Energy e3.1 speakers on stands that used to be in the livingroom, the M60s seem huge! I'm sure we'll get over that though. The finish seems well executed but I will give them a closer look tomorrow in the light of the day. Asthetically, the design is a bit ho-hum, but as a guy who rides a BMW GS, I am clearly a function over form sort, so this is OK with me.

I now understand what some have said about the M60s. They "play it like it is". Bad recordings sound, well, bad - and good recordings sound stellar! A quick tour of some of my favorite CDs reveal a nice wide soundstage, even at moderate listening levels. At about half throttle on the Yammie, low base notes were indeed felt as much as they were heard. I know Enya's music is not generally very popular, but a long time ago I started listening critically to speakers with some of her music, and the dynamic range really is a good test. I am quite satisfied with how the M60s play that CD.

Another standout recoding for my ears anyway, is Michael Buble, and Nelly Furtado's rendition of Quando, Quando, Quando, Quando. Might as well keep the whole experience Canadian eh! Vocals are very forward (duh!) in this song, and the M60s seem to do a good job of reproducing the male and female parts with each having a very distinct position in the imaginary room in front of me. The vocals seem very life-like as well. The accoustic bass in this piece is a bit boomy at the beginning of the song, but I have the speakers backed up right in to the wall out of necessity. At more normal listening levels, this goes away.

Collective Soul, Sting, ZZ Top and Rush all made it to the player as well. So far all sound great except for some of the Tracks off of ZZ Top "Ten Texas Tales". I think the recording engineer was drunk. Either that or they just set the reel-to-reel spinning in thier garage.

More listening to come!

Last edited by David Moen; 10/04/11 04:24 AM.