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LOl, thanks everyone. I get them on Thursday hopefully. looking forward very much to tinkering with the 80's to find the "sweet spot", my room is almost accousticaly perfect, well as far as a DIY HT/Sound Studio can get without spending wads of cash anyway. I will post some pics when I get the 80's set up and some initial thoughts.

Chris

Hi Chris,

I for one can't wait for your description of their sound, especially compared to the REF 83s. I heard the REF82s and was not impressed with the mids or highs, great bass, but not much else. The REF 83s are $2 K more than the 82s and I was going to get the store to order a pair in for listening..but I think I won't bother with that.

Looking forward to your "review"..

Cheers,

Steph

Hey folks,I got my m80's and have had about 8 hours so far listening to music. First impressions is that the build quality is excellent. This is an early opinion but right off the bat these speakers are fantastic. The bass is extremely tight, punchy and tons and I mean tons of it! I cannot believe how such small drivers can be so effective in the bottom end. Having a big amp helps no doubt but its just magic to my ears. The mids are very detailed and smooth and the highs are perfect, I cannot imagine where some people say they are bright, its just not a valid statement especially after owning Klipsch 83's.
So far I am blown away with these speakers, i cannot believe how great they sound, the value is amazing. I paid twice as much for my 83's and these sound so much better in all areas , not even close. I thought the bass would be lacking in comparison to the 83's but if anything it goes deeper, is much tighter and just blends together perfectly.
I am impressed.

Chris

Chris, Nice review, glad you are Happy with your M80's, now you can understand why most of us so enthusiastically
support our Axiom products.

Glad you like them Chris. I guess you can now officially change your screen name?

Chris,

I am so happy for you. I agree with you that the M80 bass is great but nothing compared to matching them with the EP600 . So start saving up. You didn't mention anything about imaging and sound-stage in your review. Like I said before, try to experiment with toe-in, separation and distance from the wall. Don't hesitate to toe them in aggressively as that may work out better for you. Once you find that perfect configuration, you may never be able to take your ears off of them!

Hey all, in regards to imaging, I believe i have it pretty close, imaging is VERY good indeed. Funny thing is, it seems better with out much toe in, just my room I guess(dedicated HT, 20x12). The soundstage is excellent, wide and tall and some notes seem to come from behind the listening position, pretty cool. Keb Mo sounds so luxurious, velvet like sound. The wife sat there just smiling in the sweetspot listening to NJ..she loves them too. When the Grand piano kicks in on one song, its just crazy, you can feel the hammers strike the strings, wonderful stuff.

As far as the EP500 or 600 go, I prefer 2 channel without the sub, thats why i am so pleased with the 80's bass response. And for movies my PW2200 is not a year old and really kicks low and hard and is nice and tight for music tracks also.(not as good as the Axiom stuff I'm sure).
However, I have spent around $11000 in the last year adding a PJ and screen, seperates and so on and so forth so I may take a breather on more upgrades, I am pretty happy for now anyway.

Can't wait to listen to more stuff

Chris