Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo M2i or M22ti?

I'm trying to decide if I should get the M22ti or M2i for my home office, the room is 20 x 15' but the speakers will be place on top of my desk right next to the computer monitor as true bookshelf, there's no room for speaker-stand of any kind, the listening area is only half of the room. The source consist of a H/K cd player and H/K 3480 stereo receiver with 120w x2 available for these puppies, speakers placement is only 1.5ft away from me so technically the speakers will be played right infront of my face.
Question 1: If I were to get the M22ti, then the tweeter will end up off-axis and about 8~9" above ear level, I'm not concern about the physical size but is M22ti overkill though? occationally I like to play them loud when the wife and kid went out, though not ear-bleeding loud. :-) If I get the M2i then the tweeters will be on-axis to ear level on top of my desk. As you probably know this setup is for 100% music only.
Question 2: I am not going to consider the M3 because I want to add a subwoofer, I have my eyes set on the SVS PB1-ISD, is this a good match to either M2i or M22ti? or is it way overkill for solely music listening in such tight space?

Your going to be sitting right next to them. Get the M2i. I have them at my desk at home and love them.

I second the M2ti suggestion. And I believe, Peter (pmbuko) has a PB1-ISD, and loves it. He's on the West coast so he may not be here until later. Although, he usually posts during the day, too. Hmmmm? Maybe he's out of town (or out to lunch............a permanent condition, in his case )

I've heard Peter's PB1. It will blow you out of your seat. You may wish to consider a PB-10 for such near field listening, but what do I know?

i would have to go with spiff on this also.. although i have never heard them, the M2ti's are supposed to be awesome sounding speakers that can produce more output than their size would indicate. and especially if they are gonna be pretty much, 'in your face', i would bet the M22's would be overkill.

enjoy which ever one you choose.

bigjohn

Good suggestion on the PD-10, Ken. It's SVS's new entrant in the $400 subwoofer category. Either it, or the HSU STF-2 (also $400) would save you a little dough, and do the job for you real well.

Hello Demasoni,

Hope you are well. An M22 1.5' away would blow you out of your chair, way overkill.

I would go for the M2i, which I own and love. My M2i are 7.5 feet away as a dual center channel in my HT, and I have also tried them at 11 feet as mains, plenty of power in that role also. Would there be a way for you to wall mount them with the full metal brackets Axiom sells?

Later,

TonyM

Wow, thanks for the speedy respond, I heard the Axiom customer service is awesome and didn't realize their customers are just as great!! ;-)
Looks like the M2i is way to go, I thought about the mounting brackets but the wall is occupied with bunch of family pictures and painting so I'll have to leave them on the desk, I wonder if it help if I use double side tape to attach some 1" rubber feets on the base of these speakers?
Just out of curiousity, is there any fiber stuffing inside these little speaker cabinet?

As for the sub, is the PB-10 out yet? last time I heard we have to pre-order them, if the PB1-ISD is way overkill and not needed then I would definitely consider the smaller version PB-10, but from what I heard this entry sub is design specifically for HT with only LFE connection and it's not suited for stereo receiver?
By the way, I just went to SVS website to confirm that the PB-10 indeed only have one LFE connection, and they only start shipping them by the end of October, well....how about the Velodyne VX10? not sure how well this tiny little sub pair with the M2i though..

Ah, right you are. I should shut my trap and let you go with the PB1, which is a fantastic sub.