Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M2's or M3's for second tv?

I have a plasma tv that I got for another room and I have an old yamaha reciever so I want to use it in that room. My question is I am thinking of using a stereo setup for this tv. Should I use the m2 or m3's for this. I have an old sub that I can use as well. Which should I do? One thing that confussed me. I was looking at the graphs and the m2 had a better flat response than the m3, but cost more. So is this a result of having to make adjustments to get a lower frequency response? If so what do I loose and what do I gain by each speaker?

The main concept behind the M3 over the M2 seems to be the base bump that makes it well suited to use in a 2.0 setting. The M2s really do need a sub to fill out the low end.

If you are using a sub I'd say go with the M2. I have both and the M2 is more forward and precise. Mind you, I'm sure not getting rid of my M3s, which sound great w/o the sub.

Yeah, I have M3's mainly for music in our family room and have sometimes run a DVD thru it in 2.0. Sounds pretty good....a lot better than the TV speakers.

Just about anything is better tha OEM TV speakers.

Ok so I think I will use the m2, but I can't just sit them on my tv stand. Not enough room. Has anyone found some cheap stands that are good?

Can try these

http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=4590

If you are some what handy, you could build your own. Haloeb built his own and they looked great. Where are those pictures.......

thanks guys. I will look into these.

I have both M2s and M3s, and there is no comparison, IMHO. The M3 is an astonishingly satisfying speaker, for music or as part of an HT system.

The M2 has received rave reviews, but to my ears, sounds flat and lifeless in comparison to the M3s.

My M2s are back in bubble wrap stashed atop my garage fridge.

I have a system in every room without a toilet:
Big - Thiel CS3.6s, QS8s, Michaura M55s (M22 like)in the back position, modded Frankencenterspeaker, SVS 20-39;
Office - Michaura M665s (M60 like), VP150, Mission DS77 surrounds, Dahlquist 1500 subwoofer;
Dining Room - Michaura M55s, (sometimes M3s) Velodyne 10" (2 channel)
Living Room - Dahlquist DQM905s, supertweeters, Titanic Vance Dickerson sub;
Garage - M22s, modified Kenwood SW300 subwoofer with replaced Dayton 12" driver.
No room for the M2s in any of these systems.

wow, lots of speakers! where are the photos of these things!?

It does sound like there is room for the m2's in a bathroom!

Yeah, I know. It's a mental irregularity. Love speakers.
Big System

QS8 side surround

Back surrounds Michaura M55s (like M22s)
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Dining Room - Modified Michaura M55s, one atop subwoofer, modified T-Amp, Pyramid Power Supply, Pioneer DVD player.



Den System:

Dahlquist DQM 905s, supertweeter, Scott tube AM/FM tuner, ASL MG S1 15DT 5 wpc SET distortion generator (Super Sweet)



Garage System:
M22Tis (Michaura M55 in background, M2s in bubble wrap atop fridge), Kenwood KA9000 amplifier, Ah! Njoe Tjoeb tube output CDP, Kenwood KT8005 tuner.

Nice systems. I would love to hear each one.

Hi CV. You're welcome to come over anytime.

It really is sucha rush to hear beautiful music from these modest systems. I get more of a kick listening to the $29 hot rodded T-Amp and the Michauras than the big Thiel CS 3.6 7.1 channel system.

The den's tube system is a joke. I paid $60 for the Dahlquists (I refinished them and of course upgraded the x-over with the Regnar kit) and love to listen to FM jazz on this system. I haven't set up the outboard Scott Multiplexer yet, so I listen to FM with this system in mono playing through both speakers and the subwoofer. You'd be amazed at how pure music sounds in mono. There's a Sony CA9ES CDP when I want to listen in stereo, but most of the time, I use this system for the Sweet Scott FM music.

BTW, the Scott is a tube tuner, of course.

Ooops, forgot one, the office system:



Here's the Sony TA E9000ES processor, Anthem PVA 5 amp, Sony DV7000 DVD, and Michaura M665 tower (with a Michaura M55 atop one), Toshiba 65" DLP, VP 150 center. There's a Dahlquist PDQ1500 subwoofer in there somewhere.



Here is one of the Mission DS77 surround speakers. These DS77s put out exceptional sound quality.

This picture shows the hex shaped cabinet and beautiful finish on the Michaura M665 speakers. Axiom sure did a great job on these fellas.

nice looking car too!