Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Recommedations: M60ti or M80ti?

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would it make sense to pair 60's with the ep 500 and the 80's with the ep 350? as these pairings would be very close in price?

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If I were to choose between the two I would go with the 60's and the 500, there is a much larger difference between the 350 and 500, than there is between the 60's and 80's.

Stone,

It may be the difference between the quality of the outboard amps vs the receiver amps as well as higher rating. The power comes in handy when I am in another room of the house and the 80s are cranked in the HT.

If finances forced a choice between a 60/500 and 80/350, I would go with the 60/500. The 500 is a different animal than the 350.

I have no regrets going with the 80/500 choice.

Oh just get it over with………..get the 80’s, an EP 600 and set of Outlaw mono’s. Your’re going to end up doing that anyway. Might as well ease your suffering now.

The 500 is a great sub. The 600 is better. Very nice sub and much more 'musical' than the 500. I was listening to Audioslave last night in surround at around 100 db with the 80's, 22's, QS-8's, and the 600.......grinning ear to ear. It's times like those that clarify to me why I spend so much money on this stuff.

There's no doubt upgradeitis may set in, it's bitten me several times.

I agree with Homedad, I love my 500 60's combination, it is killer.

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it's bitten

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It's my name!

When did you add the other 498 of them Randy ??

No wonder he says there not much difference. 500 60s compared to 2 M80s

first sorry if it seems I hijacked this thread, just didn't see the point of starting a new one to address the exact same issues. Secondly thanks to all that have replied, I appreciate all input,

upgradeitus? well as I started my shop'n' it was m22 mains, ep350 sub, now its ep500 sub and either m60 or m80 mains. I guess the thing that has stopped me from going with d m80's is the 6ohm and the 130 watts the receiver can feed them, just not thinking its gonna be as good as it can be.

let me present this if I may , remember I am limited in what I have avail to purchase where I live now. so there is a Pioneer amp that has a right and left, at 130 watts a channel. Does it make sense or even be worth it to give the mains the extra "juice"? be it the m80's or even the m60's? would there be a discernable listening difference?

as it is now I am still leaning toward the m60's, ep500(or hsu vtf mII, which is quite a bit cheaper than the ep500) sub, with qs8 rears.

but as it should be apparent by now *to a few of you, anyway *I want to make the most informed buying decisions that I can make. And get the most of my $$$ spent. FINALLY got the irs return so I'm ready $$$ wise, but still having a hard time with just what to get, See where I am it would be cost prohibitive to "simply return them within' 30 days", so I want to be sure I'm getting the best for what I can spend.

I want to thank you all again for the replies so far and those yet to come. Rock On

Imho, 130 watts is more than enough for both the 60's and the 80's unless you listen at earsplitting levels. If you decide you want more power later then you can always go that route.