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I don't know about your current speakers but I can +1 on the M60's. I have said this many times....I can't imagine any speaker sounding much better.

Van your Onkyo, can in fact, run the M80's, it is just a matter of how loud you want them to go. The 6ohm rating is quite standard among avr's. I ran my M80s with my 15 yr. old Sony with no problems. The worst that would happen is the Onkyo overheats and shuts down for awhile. I am not familar with the 607, does it have preouts? If so you could always add a seperate amp to drive the M80s in the event the 607 shuts down more often than not.

Try the M60s and let us know, if you are not happy with them ship them back and order up the M80s, no shipping costs as long as this is done within the 30 day trial period, you only pay the difference between the M60/M80.

Welcome Van. I just put my new Onkyo 3007 through it’s paces with my M80s. First I played my 7.1 system 3xM80s up front for half an hour at 100dB from 11 feet away. Then played it another hour and a half with just the L/R M80s also at 100dB at 11 feet. I finally got the protection circuit to kick in five minutes after bumping it up to 105dB. This was playing GOA Trance and other music with a heavy rapid bass beat. So I think your Onkyo could handle the M80s unless you want it insanely loud.

Welcome to the club, Van. I think you'll be pleased with your purchase. Do let us know!

Before I knew about Axiom (and before they were purchased by Klipsch), Energy was my preferred brand. I've done quite a few showroom demos from the Veritas and Connoisseur line. No, not as valid as actually owning the speakers in my home, but good enough, I suppose.

As someone else mentioned, and IMHO too, the Veritas i line of speakers matches up quite closely to what you can expect from Axiom's big towers (in my case, specifically, the M80's). I might even put the 2.4i's a notch above the M80's. Those 2.4i's were excellent speakers. Neutral, clean, powerful, and spacious sound. They were quite lovely, when I last heard a pair in a shop. Had they not been nearly 3x my budget, I might have come home with a pair. It's too bad that Energy appears to have discontinued them, as they were really lovely speakers.

The Connoisseur's are/were a step down from that. I would consider Connoisseur's to be solidly good speakers, and probably a cut above most "mass-market" speakers out there. But based on what I've heard, I do not believe they are quite as crisp and clean as what you should expect from Axiom. Someone else mentioned a 'muddiness' to them, and I'd have to concur. I took a CD of music that I liked, and one my most distinct memories of the Connoisseur's that we heard was that the midrange sounded a bit more muffled and the highs lacked a certain amount of sparkle. They lacked the acoustic 'pop' that I'm used to with my M80's.

I have not ever heard any speakers from the Reference Connoisseur line, so I can't say for sure about those.

Good luck, and have fun demoing. Always fun to get new speakers

just looked up the tracking number and they come in today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damb i can hardly wait.

p.s. i just now noticed i spelled new, knew..LOL.. sorry :0)

That's OK, you misspelled damn also.

jesus!!! im on a role...LOL

that one was on purpose

You mispelled "once wash"...

while i wait and check my spelling, figure i'll post up some before pictures:0)







some bass traps i built to help with the big bare wall.



right surround


left surround

Nice room!