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I guess As long as Alan is browsing the forums there is no need to call the 1-866 number Thanks for your words of wisdom Alan.
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Ha, ha. You're welcome. Just got back to the forums after doing some listening tests. More about those in the future.
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Alan
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Axioms are neutral. You can easily ignore those who describe them as bright--most of them haven't heard them. Listening to my new M80's right now. Sound a bit bright to me! Have to give it more time I guess.
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Bob, come on now and start a thread about receiving your speakers! You are probably too busy calibrating and listening. Bill
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Hello Bob I'm not sure of your definition bright, but may I suggest you listen to your new system in simple two channel mode with your favourite audio CD. Turn off the TV, return all equalization to flat, turn off all DSP modes, etc., and dim the lights, close your eyes and enjoy the music and just forget about the equipment for an hour or so. I think you will find the system less coloured this way. And by turning off the TV you can concentrate on the music along. Remember you can tweek the system after you find the best position for the speakers when listening to a flat signal. Hope you enjoy your new system to the fullest. There’s nothing like the smell of new loudspeakers.
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Hi Bob
You are going to find that with the M80's you will become much more critical of the recording process. As this speaker is very neutral it won't beat round the bush when it comes to bad recordings. The more expensive B&W (and other makes) speakers suffer / benefit from the same feature.
You will learn to tollerate bad recordings, and really love good ones. What will suprise you is some of you fav. songs may actually not be recorded as well as you like. And that just sucks!
paul
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What will suprise you is some of you fav. songs may actually not be recorded as well as you like. And that just sucks!
paul How true. I found that out when I started auditioning speakers over the last couple of months and finally stopped using one of my cd's all together for that reason.
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Tigre, if you "really like" the phantom center with your present setup you should seriously consider staying with it and shouldn't assume that that a separate center speaker will always give you the "best" HT sound. As Andrew(Murph)mentioned, a separate center speaker does anchor center channel material to the center, even for off-center listeners, and does allow independently bumping the level up a bit to make dialog more clear in some movies. On the other hand, if the mains are playing the center they match of course, since they're the same speakers, and there's also the cost saving. If you do decide on a center, for wider and smoother horizontal dispersion you might consider a vertical M2 or M22.
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Bob, you may well find now that many of your CDs suck and should be shipped to Goodwill. I of course stand ready to help you with suggestions of classical CDs which are worthy of your M80s.
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Can I get an honest opinion on the Axiom AX 1.2 center channel?
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