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Haha I'll be selling it to someone handy, most likely, if it's not the fuses

I'll also be selling my cerwin vega subs when I'm closer go buying the ep800

Jarring bass from 35 to 60Hz. At least that's how it sounded to me when I heard a CV sub. Maybe yours is different. If you like the CV, it will take you a while to get used to real bass from the 800v4 - saturating, linear, transparent, that permeates your soul.

Yep...they only go down to 32hz I believe

And no...I don't like them. Lol. It's better than nothing tho and I got them for free so I'm not complaining

I had Cerwin Vega subs and mains... In college.

I actually think their cls215(or is it xls?) are a decent tower for the money. My old man picked up a pair brand new for like 1600 bucks.

With proper amplification, those puppies rock and I like the sound of them.

My old man, in a double wide mobile home living room, is rocking out:

2 cerwin vega xls 215, 2 cerwin vega cmx 10 towers for rears, large cerwin vega center channel, (2) svs pc2000, emotiva xpa5 and now has just added transducers bolted to the frame of his couches

...Haha the pressurization of his small room is insane lol


My fondest party speaker days were with the cerwin vega d9's and then my paradigm monitor 90p's. I loved those speakers especially


Surprisingly enough, even though the 90P had their own amplifiers for the 8" drivers...

My m80's can outperform them in the bass and "party" performance.


I've owned so many speakers over the years and the m80 is the best speaker I've ever owned


I really.wish I jumped on the m100 introductory price when they were first unveiled. That's when I bought the m80. Kicking myself for not doing it. I want the m100 so bad one day

Chesser, not sure about your v3 but my v4 is in a different class than my decommissioned v2. You would love the 100s. The HP drivers and new tweeters make a big difference and I think big strides were made in the family of curves and crossovers between v3 and v4.

I hear you about the introductory pricing. I look at the price of the active LFR1100 now and I'm so glad I drank that Kool Aid a few weeks back that Ian's been trying to feed me all those years with the passive LFRs. His generosity also really helps with upgrades.

I had the D8's and the downward firing passive sub SW-12-B. But that was 30 years ago. And they are nothing compared to what you can get now.

Trust me. If you can spare it, save the time and hassle and just upgrade.

Sigh I cant afford it for some time now. But I plan to take advantage of the trade up program one day

Ian was so generous

So here is the story...

I put an order in for brand new m80v3...I got the dual binding posts added(I understand "buy" wiring concepts...but wanted it more for resale value to general public) and die cast baskets. At the time, after taxes and such...I believe they were around $1800.

Less than a month after buying them...they unveiled the m100 and if memory serves me correct, they were going for around 2200 or 2300 a pair.

I voiced my fan boy sadness I missed out lol. Ian private messaged me and offered me a full refund and payed shipping if I wanted to upgrade to m100.

I was going through hard financial times and couldnt think of a way to come up with 500-700 bucks for the difference.

I kick myself in the ass so hard for that.

But I have enjoyed my m80's immensely. They still surprise me and make me smile to this day

I can't wait to upgrade when I can


Ep800 first tho

Those LFR's make me drool

So jelly

I think the m100 is a better match for me overall but I would love to hear a pair of LFR's one day