Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Pioneer Elite Receiver capable of driving M80s?

I bet you could even go into the 90db range for awhile with no problems, but then you have to worry about hearing damage.

Haha. Well the thing that worries me is that the room is pretty large. Basically 14x16 with 10 foot ceilings with half of the left wall opened up the kitchen and a hallway in the rear leading to the bedrooms. I'm assuming the receiver is having to work harder to reach those dBs.

That's actually a pretty small room. Mine's 15 by 20 with 9 foot ceilings. Two door openings on the back and left side.

While it is true that a smaller room will "load up" with sound easier than a large one, and thus sound louder. The primary measurement will be the distance from the speaker to your listening position. Then the over all volume of the listening area comes into play with the reflections of the sound which doesn't reach you directly.

Well I've kept listening to them and I have to say I'm pretty impressed. Definitely a different sound than the M60s. I think my ears are still getting used to it. My brain is still trying to get used to worrying about clipping my speakers, but hopefully that will pass I think I'm gonna need to get an outboard amp to put my fears to rest though. But all in all, they sound pretty fantastic

Glad you are easing into them. And now you know the differences between the M60 and M80s we constantly post about

Well it has been a couple of days now, the M80s sound awesome. However, I still can't shake the feeling in the back of my mind that I may be clipping them without knowing. If I am, is it something that can slowly damage the tweeters and affect the SQ? Or, if I haven't had any problems yet, I shouldn't have anything to worry about? Sorry if I'm coming off as paranoid, if you think I'm worrying over nothing, tell me to shut up

Yeah sarge; if you haven't had any problems yet, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Relax and enjoy.

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