Re: how do owners of m80s enjoy their speakers?
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I'm probably not a good one to comment here, because the only other speakers I've had any experience is some Bose 901's back in the 70's and a HTIB before buying Axioms. Also, I don't have the M80's but I have 2 sets of M22's that I use; click on link in my signature line.
Watching movies at home is much more enjoyable that watching them in a theater, IMO, even though my current screen is only a 37 inch tv. I am in the process of converting a lower floor at home into a small theater with a 100 inch projection screen that will have 3 M80's behind it. Cat, That is a sick array of speakers you got all on your front sound stage!
Speakers: Energy RC-70s, RC-LCR, RC-Rs and eD A2-300 x 2. Receiver: Marantz 6006
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Re: how do owners of m80s enjoy their speakers?
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Thanks. I just changed it, again. It may look rather odd, but it sure sounds good.
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Re: how do owners of m80s enjoy their speakers?
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It's hard for me to describe in words how much I enjoy my M80s.
15 years ago I had a very good pair of Dali floor-standers. I really liked them, but they never evoked the kind of emotional "Woah..." response that the M80s do.
My first impression was the sheer sense of power that the M80s convey (there was a thread here where someone called them "Towers Of Power"). They produce extremely strong, tight bass and they are clear and accurate across all frequencies. In my room they present a huge sound stage, both wide and deep.
Axiom M80s + QS8s + VP180 <-- Pioneer VSX-1120-K <-- Squeezebox Touch / XBox360 / Oppo BDP-93
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Re: how do owners of m80s enjoy their speakers?
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I had some Polk bookshelf speakers before my M80s. They were okay, but I just thought there should be more of something in the sound. When I first got my M80s, I wasn't wowed. At first I thought it was just that my receiver was underpowered, which may have contributed, but it wasn't until I spent some real time listening to them that I loved them. There's a lot more presence, especially with movies and music with a high dynamic range. They feel... big. The major events in movies now feel like major events. To be fair, some of this is handled by my EP800s now, as well as my ButtKicker, but even without them running, the M80s do quite well on their own.
I look forward to when Axiom has a new flagship speaker that I can put through its paces. Of course, I may become impatient at some point, simply upgrading from my v2s to v3s so I can give these to my dad and have him pass his Polks on to a friend of mine. We'll see!
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Damn, Henry..... you need to buy me a beer or something!
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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He just needs to start plastering speakers all over the wall.
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I'm not really enjoying the sound of my M80's...might be cause they are still sitting on the floors at Axiom and haven't been shipped yet... ;-)
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Mine will be here tomorrow.
I will be enjoying mine in the following manner: Bushmill's Black Bush, a velvet smoking jacket and Red Wing sheepskin slippers.
M3 and M80
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Here is the list of speaker i have own these last 3 years.
Wharfedale Diamond 9.2 Focal 705s Paradigm Mini Monitor V5 Tannoy R2 Wharfedale Evolution 40 Quad 22L Monitor Audio RS6 Quad 22L2 Monitor Audio RX6 Focal 826V Axiom M3
And then Axiom M80... and i own them for about 6months now and i wont change them for nothing. For the price you wont find anything better than M60/80. They deliver incredeble sound for the price and they look georgous too. The only speaker who were actually "better" were the Focal 826V, but it's a 3500$ range.
Nad C356 DAC & C515 Axiom M3v3 Grant Fidelity RPF-120 MKII Analysis Plus Black Oval 12&10 JRiver 19
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