Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Lifting up the M60,s

the sad part is getting one of those Emotiva jems shipped. Here in Canada nobody stocks them, and the one store that will even order it for me told me that the last time they tried it took just over 4.5 months to make it up here.

Try ordering it direct and you get your hands slapped with a $50 shipping cost + $28 brokerage and btw, they want that is USD. For the $140 it translates into, I can get my fat ass off the couch and press a button.

The last few times i have purchased from Emotiva it was seamless.I have purchased 2 amps and a processor but i know things change around there on a daily basis. I have used people on forums to send my parcels for me from time to time, most of us on here are honest joes. No duty ,it made in the usa. just went to their site and i see now everything is automated and it is expensive, tis a shame.

Yes I shipped from US to Canada the ADA 1500 was a very good price and made it worth $400 to get here but what a scam even when you buy private they still ding you with the 13% tax .Should have it by Wednesday looking froward to receiving it .Still need to buy front speakers and change out vp150 centre channel .
Bob M

Looking for advice on centre channel VP 160 or VP 180 M80s or M80s HP to pair with ADA 1500 .

Bob M

I have the 160 - it is outstanding.

Either model will work beautifully; however, the 160 has a more 'conventional' driver layout on the front baffle as contrasted to the 180..

Beware - they are both very large, heavy & require significant space in your system...

TAM

I have A VP160 and M80 paired with a 3channel ADA1250 for about the last 6 months.
Since getting my 1250 have had my crossover around 50 60Hz, with all 3. They all play really loud and low with authority, I previously had no idea how low the 160 plays, with it going through my receivers outputs. Since running the 160 now through my ADA male voices and bass are phenomenal so clean and clear, It almost mitigates my EP500 most of the time.

With the ADA1500 all of those choices would be spectacular and an H.P. version is the icing on the cake.

Another caution is if you get the H.P. you'll probably need some extreme subwooferage EP600 or the EP800.

Thanks for the input . Do you suggest the M80 HP VS STRAIGHT M80s. And will the VP160 handle the power of the ADA 1500 .

Thank you
Bob M

I have regular M80s and they already can go quite low with out the HP upgrade.

All the Axiom line up is tested in the factory with around 3 times the suggested power rating so the 160 should be able to handle the wattage no problem. you may get a little distortion or compression if you maxed out the volume, not likely to damage anything as you'll have plenty of power in reserve.

With the HP you'll either want a huge sub or none at all. I suspect the HP could be set to 40Hz and play all the notes with ease.

Brenda why would the HP version need more sub vs the regular M80s.I do have a sub 4 Q8s and vp 150 centre .

you may find the sub you have is not enough from the bass the HP versions would be producing. That's what I found with my SVS PB1000 it was great with my little M22 and M3 but with The M80 it just got muffled out by them.