Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Should I upgrade my 60'S to 80's?

Thanks for the information... I noticed that you are a Badgers fan? It is very likely that I will be watching your Badgers play my DAWGS in Tampa on New Years...:)

I think I want to upgrade my speakers, but I wish I could upgrade through Axiom... My wife will probably freak if I buy a new pair of speakers right after I dropped 600 for a new DVD player....

But it sure would be nice for someone to do a side by side comparison of the two.A subjective M60 vs M80 review.With the price increase of the Axiom speakers I'm sure you could get most of your money back from the M60s if you were to keep the M80s.

I bought a pair of M80's a few months back from a retailer in Ontario. When I came in, he first played the M50s. They were wonderful. Then he put on the M60's which is what I had come for. They had more detail and midrange presence to my ears. Finally, he put on the M80's. To me, the M80's just had more of everything. There was a sax or clarinet solo playing (cant remember which now) and it was so lifelike! They say that the Axiom line is all similar in character, which I suppose is true, since they all use the same drivers. But those three speakers sounded different enough to warrant wanting to move up (which i did, with Wifey's approval). The biggest difference was between the M50's and the other two. Without the midrange driver(s), they were a little more laid back, which I'm sure many listeners would prefer. But each speaker also comes in a progressively larger cabinet, so unless you are using a subwoofer, you are gaining more than just midrange with each subsequent upgrade.
It's too bad that Axiom no longer will be selling retail. I came to purchase the M60's, but the store owner offered me a low price, that combined with exchange rate (I drove from Michigan)and no-tax, made the M80's about the same price! I am really glad that I was able to hear them live before making my decision.

So, the moral of the story is: Always bring your wife.

dmw: Did you buy your speakers at "Future House" in windsor? This is where I bought my system.

I can definitely relate to your experience. I came in to buy a HT system with the M50's. But the salesperson played the 50's, then the 60's and finally the 80's. I could hear the exact same thing you did. The biggest step was between the 50's and 60's. I left empty handed till I could come up with more money. Finally went with the 60's a couple weeks later and I am glad I waited.

I would say that the 80's sounded better than the 60's, but not enough to justify the hassle/price to upgrade if you already have the M60's unless you REALLY feel like upgrading, in which case the 80's would be a nice upgrade.

I think i am going to go ahead and do the upgrade on the speakers. I seriously doubt they will be worse than my 60's. I just purchased a Denon 2910, so I need to convince my wife that we need to upgrade the speakers as well....lol

>>I seriously doubt they will be worse than my 60's.

I don't think there is much risk of them sounding worse. Make sure you keep the 60s around until the 80s show up so you can A/B them for us

Yes,it was Futurehouse. Ended up with the M80's for about 829 USD.

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Ken. You mean

Yeah, that's the one.