Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Having seconds thoughts....need advice!

Dave,

I'm in Connecticut too, less than an hour away from you, near Danbury. As luck would have it, I presently have both M60s and M22s hooked up. I'm running the M22s as dual center channels with the M60s as mains and QS4 surrounds. I have a DIY sub as well.

For what it's worth, I wouldn't run either the M22s or the M60s without a sub, especially for LFE in movies.

I see that you've already placed your order for the M60s. But if you're still agonizing over the decision, I'm extending an invitation to come and listen to my speakers and compare them side by side. My room is similar in size to yours (15x20)

I was really happy with the M22s as my main speakers for the past couple of years. I just came across a really good deal on the M60s that I couldn't pass up.

PM me if you want to set something up.

Joe

Joe- I really appreciate that invite and may take you up on that! It just confirms that I made a great choice with the Axioms. I made a cardboard cut-out with the speaker dimensions and showed my wife the footprint so we'll see (How much is return shipping on the 60's??)lol! What are you your driving system with?

Dave,
I'm using a Denon AVR-3803. It's got plenty of power, since the Axioms are pretty easy to drive.

Dave,

I thought I would make a few comments, since I was an M22 owner for a couple years before I made the switch to the M60s.
As has been mentioned, the M60s are a bit lighter in the bass department than I was expecting. I usually listen to them with my sub enabled anyway, so that isn't an issue with me. For lack of a better way of putting this, I liked my M22s, but I always felt that I needed to upgrade. I fought off the urge for as long as I could, using the rational that the M22s+sub is probably superior to the M60s alone. While that might be true for some, for me the M60s were the speaker I had been looking for all along. In the past 2 months I've grown quite fond of them.

I have just ordered a pair of m60's to replace my m22's (6 week wait now). What would you say you have gained by moving to the m60's?

I went from M2s to M60s so it's not quite the same thing... but it probably is pretty close. For me, I gained three things :

1. The ability to play music LOUD without pushing the speakers past their limits.

2. The ability to play music without subwoofer, which I still seem to prefer despite many attempts to get the perfect integration between mains and sub.

3. A whole new world of playing some action-type movies with the volume cranked, eg. the helicopter crash scene in Matrix. Again, this is anti-social behaviour not normal listening levels... but it REALLY sounds great and some of my friends keep coming back even to see/hear the same movies again.

I was wondering about the m60's abilities beyond the m22's w/sub. Because the m60's appear to have the same tweeter and midrange coupled with a speaker setting of small and a crossover point of somewhere between 70-90. It would seem the m60's additional sub speakers would receive very little input.But I am hoping for all the things you list(I am betting 900 bucks on it )

Even with a crossover of 80hz, the 60's still pump out lots of killer bass, more than the 22's. Keep in mind, a crossover of 80hz does not say it just cuts OFF at the frequency. There is a gradual slope or hand-off to the sub. Many people don't realize how low 80hz really is.

Oh darn, there I go killing another speaker thread. Dag, nabbit!