Well, I’ve had my M80’s for about two weeks now, and for the most part, I'm pretty happy with them. I'm quite certain that for $1100, I can't find anything that sounds as good as these speakers do.
I could use some educating from y’all regarding sub woofers. I am not an audiophile or anything remotely close to it. I’m learning from scratch here, so please bear with my ignorance. I posted this question at Audioholics, but didn't get much help there. I'm beginning to think the audience over there is bored with my questions.
I’m driving the speakers with a Harmon Kardon 7200 in stereo mode only. I have them set up on the ‘second zone’ with independent remote, which is actually the 6 and 7th channels for the surround back. The speakers sound great with plenty of base, mids and highs, and will play louder than I can stand. But at lower volumes, something just seems to be lacking. I can’t resist the urge to turn up the volume, which is counter productive to conversations when I have guests over. I was trying to avoid using a sub due to the room lay out, but now I’m thinking that a sub would help fill the room with some light background sound when I have parties where folks actually want to communicate with each other. I started a string here a few weeks ago that has my room specifics.
I am looking for suggestions / input in regards to running a stereo sub woofer in this space with the M80’s. I don’t know squat about subs, what types there are, how they are hooked up, powered, where to put them, etc…. Some specific questions I have are, do I need a separate amp to run one under the multi room function through the pre-outs, or can I still use the surround back amps to power the speakers and a sub woofer both? It would seem a shame to not be able to take advantage of the HK’s power. Do some subs sound better with music than HT? Does size really matter? Any input would be appreciated.
……..mike
