All right guys! Thanx for all the info on used M3s!! The price ain't all that bad at that!!
Now all I have to do is figure out exactly what it is I want to do!! Then I'll know how many M3s I'll have to buy!!
I have a total of three M3s currently in use in my living room system along with the M50s as mains. I will eventually require a total of four M3s for the dining room and kitchen systems.
One of my M3s is used as center. It works beautifully in that roll, but...I would prefer an even more full-range speaker in that position. I don't have enough height below the screen for a vertical M50, and to put one on top(inverted)comes off looking like a smokestack, and there's strong WAF against that!!(Shucks, I would't care much for that style myself!) I'm also considering a 2x6esque Frankenjunior.(A canibalized M50 in a custom built box the same internal vol as the original)to mount on top of the TV.
That may free up one M3.
Now if Axiom would only build a truly full-range center(twin 6.5s and ported??!)
I love my other two M3s as surrounds! Not bad range. But not FULL range!!(Dang; I wish I could have managed the M40s!!!)Two M50s in back would be nice; so would twin 6.5", ported, QSxx's, if They were ever produced!!! Another alternative is a small sub to augment the M3s down to their x-over at 60hz.(the one option I currently favor as most reasonable and flexible)
New surrounds would free up two more M3s.
I'm really excited about how well my current set-up is tonally matched, and wouldn't want to lose that! So whatever I do cannot be allowed to be a step backward!
Anyone else ever notice how Axiom is about the only major company who is not offering full range speakers other than the mains?
Hmmmmm.....there's always the 25th aniversary!!
Rich.
(Equally proud owner of M3s and their much maligned bigger brothers; the M50s!)sorry, couldn't help myself!! I REALLY dig my speakers!!!(TOO!)
