Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo M80'S HARSH EDGY SOUND

Hi,
Rmalloy is correct as is KevinS--the M80s are quite sensitive and, in stereo, in my 17 x 13 x10 ft living room, even at very loud peaks of 90 to 94 dB SPL at the back of the room, the M80s were not drawing more than 35 watts per channel on my calibrated peak-reading meters.

By contrast, the the M22ti's (no sub) drew as much as 65 watts per channel to hit the same SPL peaks, at the same distance. If, for example, you were running M22ti in stereo with the Outlaw, at those levels the amp would be approaching clipping of the output signal.

I would concur with Rmalloy that somehow you're sending the M80s a high-pass filtered signal (no low bass) and the sub isn't receiving the low-passed signals.

Even 3 feet out from my walls, the M80 has excellent bass extension and output.

Regards,

The M80s should not have those characteristics. Have you checked to be absolutely sure that the M80s are wired both in phase (positive from amp to positive on the M80s). A harsh top end and weak bass will be the result if one of the speakers is wired out of phase. If everything is wired properly I would suggest getting a hold of Joe Vassallo at joe@axiomaudio.com or at our toll free number 866-294-6688. I will let him know about what you are finding and we can replace your M80s for you and investigate yours at our lab.

Hello Eric
I have an outlaw 1050 with m80's along with a Axiom sub. I emailed Outlaw witht he specs from Axiom and ask them to tell me what the 1050 should be set up too. This is a great place to start and then tweek to your liking. They told some very interesting things about setup and it worked great. I suggest you also try it.
Peace

Hello Ian and others,
I am greatly pleased with all the feedback and suggestions.
I did switch the receiver to 4 ohms and it did in prove slightly. I will try some of the other suggestions this weekend (been very busy). Being new to the audiophile world
I see there is alot more to it than just pluging it in.
I don't want to send back if it is my problem (is likely).
And word for AXIOM, Is when purchasing the peices, peice by peice when I could ...They were always very helpfull and took the time to spell things out. And now I see thier comittment to service is second to no one.
Now if Axiom could only train some of the other businesses that I've dealt with here in south Florida.
I will let you know soon... Thanks for everything, Eric