Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Dipping toes into the Axiom waters with M80v4HP

Hah... I was going to put line numbers in my code too but decided against it.

One other checklist thing to consider...

The big Axioms need to be a fair distance from the back wall if you want the flattest bass response. My M60s need at least 18" from back of speaker to back wall in a decent room and over 24" in a "boomy" room -- M80s seem to need a bit more and are also deeper so the fronts end up approaching 48" from the wall and M100s would probably need even more.

If you have room, no problem (in a 5.1 system you want the mains fairly far out anyways to let the center channel be a bit closer to get the same speaker/listener distance) but if your room is short on depth that *might* be a slight argument for the M80HPs. Axiom now includes port plugs for cases where you have to put the speakers closer to the wall but it seems a shame to have to do that to new speakers.