Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Deciding between M60 and M80

My point was more that the 100db request is based on a set of CV speakers. When you get a better cleaner sound, then the need for 100db to get the experience will not be there and likely only need 90 or 95db and will come away with the feeling that the speakers at that level are louder than what you were getting at 100db with the CV.

I have moved from a pretty good set of Energy C3 speakers that compared to the previous Celestian I had were the next level better. But running them side by side with the smaller Axiom M3 speakers, I swear that the Axiom sounds cleaner and louder even though an SPL meter reading will tell you otherwise.