Re: Amplification neede for the M80s & measuring WPC
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TK,
Joema's advice is excellent. You need only get the M80ti's if you want spectacularly loud playback levels from a speaker that will handle 700 watts per channel or more without complaining, and do that in huge rooms. The M80ti, by itself, also has a little more deep bass extension and output than the M60ti, but with a sub, I doubt you'd notice any difference.
As to the distance from the wall, it depends on the room. Think of the room and its surfaces--floor, walls, ceiling--as an integral component in the sound reproduction chain. Any floorstanding speaker, sealed or ported (it doesn't matter) interacts with these "adjacent surfaces". My own M80s are only 15 inches from the wall behind and sound fine. An old Mirage bipolar tower that I shoved into a corner to get it out of the way sounds relatively awful--boomy and bloated. That's entirely the result of the corner location.
Your room is about 3500 cu. ft, so the M60s would be excellent for your needs. But the room could certainly accommodate M80s with no problem.
Regards,
Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)
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Re: Amplification neede for the M80s & measuring WPC
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Alan:
Thanks for your contribution to my post. It is wonderful to be able to so freely pick the brain of people with day-to-day experience with these speakers. This forum is outstanding!!
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Re: Amplification neede for the M80s & measuring WPC
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This forum is outstanding. I personally find it to be the best one around.
If you do buy M80's just because you wnat the biggest, baddest speakers Axiom has to offer, they will play well in a small room. The room I had them in was 9 by 16, but in the back it opened up to the kitchenette. Small, but the sound was great. I had them about 13 inches from the back wall, 2 feet from the side.
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Re: Amplification neede for the M80s & measuring WPC
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I am glas I read this topic, because I was going to buy a new amplifier that had about 200WPC to replace my 100WPC I have now. Looks like that is not necessary at all. I think this board just saved me around 1200 to 1600 bucks!
M80ti's, VP150, QS8's
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Re: Amplification neede for the M80s & measuring WPC
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