Now imagine Michael, you've purchased a race horse of a car but can never enjoy it because you can't find any roads long enough to get it up to speed. That is a better analogy.
M80s need room to form a more enjoyable soundstage.
The unfortunate reality is buyers want top of the line which usually means they purchase floorstanders without due consideration for the space they'll be installed in.
They then space the floorstanders close together and sit 6 or 8 feet away. The speakers sound "great" only because the buyers don't have the room to hear them further apart and from further away. They have no idea what they're missing.
