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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
turbo16v #332800 12/30/10 04:43 AM
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Chet, the M2 should serve you very well as a center speaker and blend well with the M80s. The only advantage of the M3 would be a lower bass extension, which shouldn't be a problem with the M2 crossed over at 80-100Hz.


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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
JohnK #332881 12/30/10 09:38 PM
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I recently did some off axis listening with the VP180/150 and an M2. The M2 is the best one for off axis listening and is a near perfect tonal match for the M80's.


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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
jakewash #332883 12/30/10 09:40 PM
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I second the motion!


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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
grunt #332884 12/30/10 09:46 PM
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I bet that means the M2 would make a good ceiling speaker! Yeah. Probably. Possibly. Perhaps. Coulda. Kinda. Maybe not.

Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
CatBrat #332886 12/30/10 10:04 PM
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Thanks for all of the input. smile
The m3 would fit the space better. but if you think I will get better matching performance with the m2 then I will go that direction. I can always build a little platform for it. I will have to do some drawing and see what I can come up with.

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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
turbo16v #332921 12/31/10 05:16 AM
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Ok screwed up. I didn't realize that the m2 was ported. The speakers home is in a cabinet so now I am looking at the
on wall or in/on wall m2. The website says they have the same response. Here is a pic of what I have now with the vp150 sitting on two shelves. Both of them could be removed and a solid surface could be installed between the two glass doors filling the entire center opening. Then I could mount the on wall or in/on wall m2 top center. Sound crazy?



Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
turbo16v #332922 12/31/10 05:29 AM
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Chet, that shouldn't be a problem as long as the M2 has at least a couple inches behind it for the port to "breathe". No speaker should be recessed into an enclosure, regardless of whether it has a rear port. The speaker should extend a fraction of an inch beyond the front edge to minimize diffractions and reflections from the cabinet.


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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
JohnK #332923 12/31/10 05:37 AM
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There is about 18" of open space behind the vp150 right now. The m2 would have the same if not more room behind it. I built the center shelf to be adjustable in and out. right now I have it out about 1" from the rest of the surfaces. So I could do the same thing with the m2.

Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
turbo16v #332924 12/31/10 05:43 AM
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Sure, and obviously there's plenty of room vertically and horizontally.


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Re: In/on wall VP150 and M2 comparison
JohnK #333036 01/01/11 01:03 AM
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You should be OK to run an M2 in that space. When I ran the M2 or even my M22s I have about 7" of space behind the speaker for the port to breath and they sound great.


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