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That's a stretch of the imagation.

I have the M50's (The bang for the $$$ towers. I didn't want boxes on stands.) with the EP500 in a room somewhat similar in volume and they kick a$$ very sweetly.
I've never heard of it being possible to have "to much speaker". Just louder cleaner sound. More flexibilty and options to hear it the way you want.
Of coarse the opposite IS easily possible, but not the case even with these.

Well I know someone with psb stratus silver I's and they have excellent Imaging

Even alan said that the M60 and the stratus silver are comparable

The imagine series a defenate upgrade from the stratus series

Ok, I have the PSB Image series, which sounds a lot like...well Image. So it must be the best.



Hold on now. I think you got your speakers mixed up. The Stratus Series was the top of PSB's line (save for the occasional halo product) and they were fantastic. The stratus gold became the Platinum series and the Stratus Silver became the Synchrony series. (Notice they still share drives even after the name changes.) The Imagine series is below that level, with a different driver set. So your comparison of the Axiom M60 to the Stratus Silver to the Imagine is off by a pay grade. The Synchrony One B would be a closer comparison to the M60.

And I don't see the prices on the PSB site anymore, but if memory serves, the Sync series is considerably more expensive than M60s - around $2000 a pair. So the M60's compare to the $2000 PSBs, not the Imagine B, at $1000 per pair. And the Imagine B is not really a comparable to the M60. The M60 is a tower that gets down to 30Hz while the Imagine bookshelf is done by 55Hz.

As an owner, I like PSB as much as anybody, but you can't mix apples and oranges this way. Either pick a price apple or a class apple, but towers v bookshelf in wildly different prices classes is not the easiest way to compare (for you or us).

Also, I did extensive listening to the Stratus Silvers v my Image towers when I bought. The Stratus was a step up in clarity and dynamics, but not by leaps and bounds. That is why I went for the Image series. I say that because I don't really understand your view that the Imagine is an upgrade from the Stratus (now Platinum and Sync) series. The Imagine is an upgrade to the Image, not the stratus. I hope that helps your comparison.

I just noticed 15x15. Any chance your ceiling is 15 as well? The elusive cube.

thanks for clearing up the PSB comparison for me that was a great help

i guess i was having second thoughts about buying speakers sight unseen

i will prolly go with the axiom M60's because they look much better than the M22 on stands and i think setting a sub properly for music in a 15x15 space would be difficult

oh yeah the room is 15x15x8

I love my M60's. Absolutely no regrets.

No problem. I thought you would be happy. I had never heard the comparison of the M60s to the Stratus Silver - which was a fantastic speaker at a very good price ($3000 a pair i think) - but if that is accurate, the M60 is impressive. I love the look of the new imagine and synchronicity lines. Axiom needs to build a line that embraces the newer non-rectangular design sweeping the industry. (Not M80s, don't go nuts M80 gang!) Perhaps the M81s.

Other than esthetics, I wonder if there is a noticeable sonic advantage to curved or parabolic cabinets?

Marketing says yes, science, I don't know. Just like standing waves in a room, the lack of parallel sides in the cabinet are supposed to prevent standing waves inside the box. B&W's high end speakers use a similar approach. Not sure how much it actually helps, but I like the visual impact.