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Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79564 01/29/05 04:52 AM
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I forgot to ask the most obvious question -- music or HT. For HT I don't think I would have bothered with the m60s, but for music it's REALLY nice being able to turn off the sub and just enjoy the mains.

Having said that, now that I have a decent AV receiver the M2 + sub combination sounds MUCH better on music than before. You know what, I don't think I'm really helping at all...


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Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79565 01/29/05 04:54 AM
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The M50 posse is gonna be hard to catch, they sleep well at night since there's no upgrade path to lose sleep over. Har, Har, Har. The M50 is as good as it gets, (at least in the pleasant class)

Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79566 01/29/05 05:04 AM
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I have both the M60 and the 22's. You will love the M60's. What you are gaining is the low end. The 22's are very detailed and you WILL find that in the M60's. I really have to warn you that these are not speakers you can "spring" on the wife. They are about 6x the size of the 22's so if you are planning on sneaking them in with the hopes they will somehow blend in, you have a fight in your near future.

Anyway, good luck with the speaker selection and with the wife.

Now one problem I have never brought up. I was moving my M60's the other day. I have hard wood floors as well so I had to use the rubber feet that are supplied with the speakers. First off, the rubber feet smell like plastic ass (sorry of the wording, it was the best one to describe the smell). When I moved the speakers I noted that there were black rings left on my nice hardwood floor. I tried to wipe it off but I really had to work at it with some cleaner to get the rings out. I know, minor to some, but if those speakers were allowed to sit for monthes and monthes, I wonder how minor it would be?

Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79567 01/29/05 05:04 AM
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I've had both. The M22 plus sub is very nice sounding. It's probably better than 90% of what people have heard.

However the M60s are better. They have a fuller soundstage and more midrange presence.

I was so happy with my M22s if I had to stick with them I'd be happy. However I dropped plans for a fancy custom console, giving me room for M60s.

Don't worry about your M22s. They are fantastic sounding speakers.

Get some SACD or DVD-A surround music and enjoy the speakers you have.

OTOH if money and space are no problem, you don't lose anything with the M60 but space and dollars.



Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79568 01/29/05 05:57 AM
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Hmm... Many of you will know from my previous posts that my wife is quickly becoming a fan of higher-end audio. She never comes into my workroom so she really had not heard my ancient tube amp and speakers I have in here. But she now is elbowing me out of the living room on occasion to listen to her favorite cd's on the Denon/Axiom system. I don't think the '60s would be too hard of a sell. Criminy. Someone may have to swear me in as a deputy in the Posse soon. One more member to do battle with the growing M50 Posse. I'm writing this on a short break while watching LOTR-TTT. I can only but imagine what the '60s would sound like, being that the '22s are fabulous. But I really would like a speaker that can stand on its own withous a sub. As mentioned in my previous post, the '22s are simply great down to that 60Hz mark. I want to have my cake and eat it too! I already find myself doing more critical listening on the new setup than the ancient tube setup. Although this whole thing may be putting me on a slippery slope...


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Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79569 01/29/05 12:00 PM
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You may be doing yourself and the M60 posse a favor by listning to your M22s on your new system, rather than tubes. If instead you were listening to M3s on a tube set you may well have fallen into the seductive allure of that well documented "match made in heaven." That slippery slope may have lead you into the obvious M3 upgrade, the truly near stand alone M50. You might then be coming over to the growing M50 posse instead!

Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79570 01/29/05 03:52 PM
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In the interest of jerking us back to the subject - why haven't you ordered the M60s yet?

Laying awake at night thinking about them is a blatant case of upgradeitis. I WILL NOT be cured with drugs. The M60s are the only cure. This advice is from a grizzled veteran of the "what if" wars of the '90s.

Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79571 01/29/05 11:00 PM
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you could always see if there is someone out in the Portland, OR area that would demo some m60's for you and your wife.




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Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79572 01/30/05 03:02 AM
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Yes.
No.
Yes.
No, but thanks anyway.

Order up already. You know you want to. You won't be sorry.

We'll get bigjohn to swear you in.


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Re: Surrender to the M60 Posse?
#79573 01/30/05 05:16 AM
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(Ray3)In the interest of jerking us back to the subject - why haven't you ordered the M60s yet?

He's realy laying awake thinking about those M50's

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