Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners M80's vs M60's (or even M22ti) -Unique Questions!

I have just bought the m60's and am VERY happy with the clarity and how "clean" the sound is at high volumes.

I use a denon 4802r to power them, and have some issues with it clipping out. ( wrinkles I'll have to iron out)

I'm very happy with my m60's, and my other axiom products.

Qs8's, vp100 and ep175

I don't think you'd have a problem with either decision

good luck

Guess what I did last night!

I ordered 5 speakers from the Factory Outlet! Only took me a little longer than a year!

I want to thank everyone for their posts!

Here is what I bought:
2 M60 Light Maple (Warm Tan Grille)
1 VP150 Light Maple (BLACK Grille)
2 QS8 Light Maple (Warm Tan Grille)

No sub-woofer yet, that will come later.

I esp want to thank everyone (including Axiom!) about their honest opinions about the M80 vs the M60. I feel that the M60 is a better match for my Pioneer VXS-1015 receiver.

I really thought that I would never be able to afford "start of the art" audio. I am soo excited.

I am also "DOWNSIZING" from a 7.1 to a 5.1 channel setup. Those two back channels have no discrete audio info, and the wiring seems to get in the way.

I can also use the extra two channels on my 1015 to give more power to my M60's. I think there is a way to do that?

Any thoughts?

I don't believe that's possible. If you don't use those extra two channels, they go unused. No harm there AT ALL, so don't worry about it.

Congrats on your purchase! Be sure to let us know what you think when they arrive. Have you already bought your Radio Shack SPL meter?

This comes up from time to time... I think you can sort-of-bi-amp the M60s but without an active crossover you aren't really going to get much difference.

My recollection was that Pioneer supplies the amp capability for the same reason that Axiom supplies the double pair of speaker terminals -- a few people really value the capability and won't buy a product that doesn't have it.

Another vote for "fugeddaboutit" (wiring the 1015 to get more power to the mains). The big deal IMO is having some extra power supply capacity so the P/S rails don't droop so much when everything is rocking.

Congrats on the new system. I think you're going to be really happy.

Budd, your due deliberation before ordering is commendable and you'll certainly enjoy your system after the long wait.

Ditto to John B. on the biamping possibility with the 1015. You can't get more power to the mains by doing this; there's only one power supply section in the 1015 and sending it through two rather than one amp channel can't increase the capacity. One channel can't "borrow" from the other, so the power to each section of the speaker is the same, not doubled. As far as a use for the back surround channels, keep in mind that although there's no 7.1 format(6 discrete channels is the most)processing such as DPLIIx can steer surround material from 2 or 5 channel sources back to those speakers, where it belongs.

My 5 Speaker system is ON ITS WAY!!!

2 M60
1 VP150
2 QS8

A lifetime dream, realized!

A "STATE OF THE ART" or "REFERENCE" speaker system (or DARN CLOSE TO IT!)

It will be driven by a Pioneer VSX-1015.

Next year, a better tv!