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11s are supposed to be quite good; I think thre are reviews around here comparing them positively to M80s.

Adrian, if you're looking for very detailed, you're certainly looking at the right speakers. You shold definitely audition some Axioms as soon as you can.

Thanks, kcarl, I'm always interested in other peoples input, good or bad. I'm wondering too, if anyone has done any A/B comparo's between Axiom's and Monitor Audio's Silver series. (M60/80 vs RS6/RS8). British speakers generally cost a bit of a premium in Ontario, however, as well as being a liitle harder to find. I will probably head back up to Dwight at some point to hear the M60/80s. Wish it was summer, sheesh, I'd take my fish'n rods with me!

If you can find an audition for the Monitor Audio speakers, do it, they are a quality product. They make excellent speakers. You can also order the Axioms and audition them in your home for 30 days. You can then take notes on your listening sessions with the Axioms and your other auditions and then compare your notes. Out of the speakers you mentioned I would audition the Axioms and the Monitor audio's. You can also go to a local best buy or any other readily available electronics store in which you can listen to a wide range of speakers from the bad to very good and see how your notes compare to any other speakers you have listened to. You never know you may even find something you like there.

From what I've read here (quite awhile ago), the MA Silvers and the Axioms are roughly equivalent in sound.

Didn't Bigwill have the MAs and M60s?

I think Chess did; not sure if it was Bigwill who also did.

Adrian. After what I heard with the Moitor 7 vs. Studio, I gave up on the line. At the time, the M60 was the same price as the Studio 7 so I figured if the M60s sounded anything like the Studio 60 the decision would be easy (which it was).

I believe Jason (jakewash) did a comparison of the Monitor 11 and M80.

I also listened to the Totems and they do sound good.

that would be great is axiom were more comparible to the studio line from paradigm but i seriously doubt it . there is a huge difference between the studio and monitor line , but the monitor sounds really really good , the studio or signature are just ridiculous . i really got to hear some axioms if you guys are calling a head to head with studios , has anyone ever done a a,b between them

Dude, just audition some Axioms already...

Chess wrote up a nice comparison a while back and mentioned the MA Silvers were very similar to the Axiom sound. However, not too long ago he mentioned he rethought his original findings about the MA Silvers, but didn't follow up with specifics.

I did extensive listening to Monitor Audio speakers back in the day. I really liked the S6. It seemed more balanced than the S8--it felt like the extra driver muddied up the sound ever so slightly.