ATCGuy,

I think System 1 is a great choice. Being an owner of the M80’s I can say that they are very detailed and can easily fill your room with wonderful sound. I would not describe them as ear bleeding or deafening at reference levels. My SPL meter tells me I’m at reference level but the sound doesn’t sound like it (make sense?). It’s like being in a sports car and driving 100 MPH and not realizing it because it feels like 55 MPH. What bothers me the most is hearing distortion at reference levels and I think a lot of people confuse distortion with loudness (ear bleeding or deafening levels) the M80’s in my system DO NOT show signs of distortion at my preferred listening levels or 80 db.
I have my M80’s coupled to an Outlaw 755 amplifier, it provides 300 watt at 4 ohms.

I hope this helps.


M80's VP150 QS8's Earthquake SuperNova MKV-15
Integra DTR-7.4 Outlaw 755 Outlaw M200's Outlaw ICBM