Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Replace old sub or upgrade from M22's to M60/M80?

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Screw the Timber and woofer matching, I am probably going to use the M3s as centres in parallel, I suspect I will like the dialog out of the M3s better than the M2s for some odd reason.

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It may give you that extra little something in dialogue that I get with running my system in large mode but yours could still be in small, hmmmmmmm.......

Robb,

Not sure how to describe a preference that may be helpful to anyone. If I had to come up with a description, I suppose the M3's just seam to have more presence than the 22's. Plus, when I cycle a test tone from any receiver I've had so far, the 22's are higher in pitch than the M80's. The M3's match fine. Maybe this has tainted my thinking??

For strictly vocal singing and dialog in a 5.1 setup, I think the M3s will do it for me. I keep bouncing back and forth between the M2s and the M3s....when in reality I probably couldn't really hear the difference when crossed over at 80hz.

I'll most likely end up ordering the M3s to see how I like them as a centres matched with the M22s as mains. I can always send them back, and the main reason for my doing so is that the M3s can hold their own in a 2 channel setup whereas the M2s can't if I decide to re-source them.

Thanks for the opinions, we'll see what transpires!

To get back on my original topic, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new sub. An SVS PCi+ 20-39 is on its way. I know, I know - I'm going to get flak for not getting an EP500. I'm sorry.

I'll defend myself by saying that I've wanted an SVS sub for years, and $800 for the SVS is already bending the budget a bit compared to the $1,300 for the EP500 (believe me, I've had a $1,0xx outlet EP500 sitting in my cart for weeks....). Besides, that $500 difference now goes in the "I need M80's" fund.

A big thank-you to everyone that has steered me towards the sub upgrade route. I look forward to joining the 'I have a real subwofer' group.

No, no, it's still $1,200. I just mis-typed. (I have M80's on the brain - that's what I was thinking of.)

I know what you mean, it's tough to keep this hobby out of your brain once you are hooked.

>>To get back on my original topic, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new sub. An SVS PCi+ 20-39 is on its way. I know, I know - I'm going to get flak for not getting an EP500.

Good thing you live in the States, the SVS PC+ 20-39 is practically the same price as the EP500 factory outlet in Canada if you factor in the 5% off for ordering 5 items at once and add the shipping cost to the EP500. Makes my decision alot easier to get the EP500.