Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M80's VS Polk RTi A9's

Bluejay...if your taking about a guitar....no i don't play a 335, but i have.. nice guitar. but i play a 1987 Bc Rich ST3 with EMG's, a Dean 1980 Caddy, and a G&L s-500....LOL

they will produce the sound, but you will never know unless you do an audition or get some under 30day guarantee.

Hey Bob, here's my $0.02.

I own a pair of Polk SDA SRS's (The Beasts). Here's a link if someone isn't familiar with these.

http://www.polksda.com/sdasrs.shtml

As you say, they are a bit of an odd duck, but they do sound wonderful!

So I am familiar with the Polk "SDA Sound". I have not heard the M80's, but I picked up my first Axiom speakers just over a month ago. I was building a bedroom system and ended up with the M22's and a VP150.

You will love the Axiom sound. Actually, they are not all that far off form the SDA sound. They seem to be a tad bit "brighter", but nowhere near being harsh or tiring. They are a joy to listen to.

As you know, nothing images like the SDAs, and my M22's lack low end (by design). They will never reach the SPL levels of the SDAs but they are more than enough for the bedroom. Those M80's on the other hand would do the job, depending on which SDAs you have/had. What surprised me about the M22's was the detail. I did the crossover upgrades and tweeter upgrades on my SDAs and those Axiom M22s still surprise the heck out of me.

Anyway, I'm familiar with both the Polk SDA and Axiom sound and feel confident in saying that you'll be pleased.

You can't beat the 30day return policy so why not try them out?

Cary

Nice work, Cary. Thank you for the informative post.

Bob, I agree with Ken. You can post 1000 post about comparisons between the M80s and other speakers but until you'll hear them for yourself, you'll never know the answer. I don't think the $90 return is that big of a deal just to put your mind at ease. My advice is the same as the others, buy them, try them for a month and if you don't like them after that, you'll loose $90 but at least you'll know.

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Dat was a good album.

Cary, thanks alot....WOW, you have the SRS's...man those are BIG...LOL Would love to hear those. Mine are the 1C's.
If you feel there a close match, that works for me. Since i have no close HiFi stores any more..not much i can do but look at reviews. being Briight or more articulate, is one thing, being harsh or tiring is another. Some cd's are just so compressed, and poorly eq'd that even on the Polks, in some passages, you want to run over and turn them down...LOL
The M80's will be played at very high volume, but any company that lists there volume testing, playing SLAYER for 100 hours strait at double the recomended watts, gets my vote...LOL

I'm really just waiting for a pair to show up on auction, to save some money. Scratches, i don't care about, sound i do.

Here you go
https://deals.axiomaudio.com/browse.php?id=336

What??? this isn't a real time listing, is it. I don't see those anyplace on the auction page.....

the m80's often come up on the site.