Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M22 vs M5HP

I think both are beautiful.
Typically more people will prefer the low end from the M5 as the M22 must have a sub. The M22 does play mids to highs really well just not much low end

I was drooling over the Bryston model of M5 in store for a couple years. Beautiful high end AV shop in the middle of Skid Row. For those in the know the shop is on the corner of Hastings and Carol across the street from Pigeon Park Vancouver. {Roughest neighborhood in Canada}.

Haven't yet tried the M5 my self. The 22 was my second venture into Axiom still one of my favorites. Though I now use mine as front heights/Atmos. My Anthem works them pretty hard as I run them as rear surround 7th channel reset to front on wall.{5.1.4}. They make my M80 massive entire front wall soundstage.

I like the tall thin look of the M22 ... and sound wise it is a great combo with the EP500

I'm kind of toying with making a proposal to resurrect an "M22 like" speaker as a floor standing one paired with a sub. This gives a complete full range package at hopefully a reasonable price point (no stands needed).

To differentiate it I'd accentuate the thinness by removing ~1" form the front and back (if that didn't interfere with sound or foldability of the box in some way). This would give it a much less boxy look than an M50 or M60 ... a sleeker, lighter look which might blend in better with some decors. The M60 is 37.5"H x 9.25"W x 15"D. I'm thinking this one could be the same height but say 37"H x 6.25W x 13"D with a grill going the full height to keep the visual tallness. Besides helping with offsetting the volume loss of making it thinner perhaps the extra volume in the cabinet could be used to extend the bass a bit or trade for another visually thinning element ...

ahhh, Once again ... I'm wasting time when I have stuff to do ...

Perhaps a transmission line design to get as much bass as possible?
Jeff

Just three drivers ... sounds good already (if that can be maintained) and it keeps costs sane.

I have listened to a transmission line design that had just three drivers although it was 40 inches tall I think or it could have been 44”. Reproduced down to a claimed 34Hz of very good sounding bass.
They were impressive for what they had.
Jeff

what are the woofers in a M22?

Here is the "hidden" link - https://www.axiomaudio.com/m22-bookshelf-speakers

I have both M3's and M22's. They are older, Ti versions. Have not heard M5's.

The M3's are a perfect bookshelf speaker for those areas in a home (or other space), and you just don't have room for a sub - and only want a 2 channel system.

The M22's almost "need" a sub, but sound fine OK without one. I am currently using them as side surrounds in a large room where they are about 8' away from the closest seat. When I have this system in mulit-channel stereo mode, and sitting near the M22's, I am often impressed by just how good they sound. They are a great little speaker. JohnK used to praise them all the time on this forum, saying they could compete with the larger Axiom speakers. He was correct.

Still sayin' it , Mike.

John,
Music, not equipment ... can we not enjoy both?