Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo newbie looking for advice...

Good points about the M3s and M50!!

As a happy owner of both the M3s and the M50s I gotta agree with every point you made!!

...uh, ceptin' one.(sorta)

My M3s worked fine til we moved into a larger room and had to "really crank it up."

Then we went to M50s. Luv 'em!

But yup, I didn't need to upgrade receivers til we got in a much larger room. Even then we just went from 55WPC to 85WPC.

The surprising thing is in the "Laid-back" moniker. The M3s seemed to me in the old(and new)room, to give a presentation almost exactly at the plane of the speakers. The M50s on the other hand plop their presentation just foreward of that produced by the M3s!!

Perhaps the M3s and M50s are only "Laid-back" in relation to the M22s and M60s!! And in fact may be considered neutral to just slightly foreward!

Now this is in my house only; a statistical analysis with a population of just "one". But it is what I am finding, at any rate!

I'm always surprised at how well my M3's do even at loud levels in my ~20x30 room.

I don't have a particularly large room so I never turn them up very much but I hear they can be pretty rockin if cranked up.

Thanks for the feedback. I just ordered a pair of M50's from the outlet. Now the waiting and anticipation. I've kind of realized I havn't been listening to much music at home the last few years, it's been mainly in the car. I suspect that that will change now...I'm looking forward to getting back into appreciating great sounding music at home. I also suspect it's going to set off a new case of 'gear lust' for upgrading and adding to my setup! Cheers...

Congrats on your order, I'm sure you will love them.

Congrats!

Anticipation and nose smears on the front door! Happens to the best of us.

Wise choice. Funny thing you mention listening more in the car. I have the same problem. In my case I am in the middle of finishing my basement with a media room. Lots of work and seems to go on forever. I have not been listening to much music at home. On the flip side, while I do listen in my car, it is only a 10-15 minute drive to work. Not much time for music. I know I will do a lot more listening once the media room is done .