Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater MA Silver 8 and M60 in home demo.

As you should be. I'm a huge fan of Rotel amps and pre pros. For some reason they can't seem to get DVD players right but that is another thread!

Curtis, I haven't had time - and won't have time - to A/B these before Sunday, so I do hope you're able to make it out here that day. Keg in the garage is still about half full, BTW.

Neverhappy, the top end sounds much different, but the rest of the speaker is similarly "neutral". Maybe it is my knowledge that the drivers on the S8s are also metal prejudicing my observations. And, again, I haven't A/B'd them yet.

Saturn, I think you are pretty accurate in what you said about the soundstage differences between the two, but in my house the S8s seem to produce a soundstage roughly even with speaker placement - some instruments slightly forward, some slightly recessed. The M60s, of course, throw everything out front.

I listened to some more of my favorite recordings (favorites on my M60s) to see what I might lose by keeping the S8s. The largest audible difference was noticed on some Bach harpsichord concertos. String basses and violins were more prominent, the harpsichords less so, the treble energy from the harpsichords greatly decreased. I'm not sure whether I like the speaker change for this recording or not, but other favorites still sound very good.

I did a quick calibration for HT and popped in Nemo. They blended very well. Lost some high frequency ambient effects, but seemed to gain background music - particularly violins.

nice incentive!!

I am working on killing two birds with one stone on my drive out there.

Don't kill birds Curtis.
That's not nice.
But DO take pics of BW new speakers. All this talk about MA again and i'm itching to head back to the store that sells them. Too bad i dislike the vendor.

A half keg is a good incentive, depending on what is in the keg.

If you keep your keg in a shrubbery, then a beer in hand is worth two in the bush.

Hmmm. That doesn't sounds quite right.

BigWill: Pull the Monitor Audio 2.5-3 feet from the wall. Point the speaker straight ahead no toe in. Plug the lower ports on the S8 with the supplied grey port bungs (so bass does not overpower the mids when room is carpeted and low ceilings). You'll notice a difference...I hope...I'm unsure of your environment.

Go to bed. You're obviously exhausted...

chess, I think you would approve - it's a locally-brewed (5 miles from my house ) brown ale. Odd in that it is distinctly herbal, very yeasty, over hopped for the style, but still good; smooth, sweet and clean. And cheap - $50 for 7.9 gallons.

Saturn, thanks for the suggestions. Pulling them out that far from the wall is an impossibility. They have a good 18"-24" currently, which is more than my M60s had due to their greater depth. The ceilings are 9', room carpeted, walls irregular except the back wall.
Too much bass hasn't been a problem. In fact, the S8s seem to have much less bass in my house than they did in the store - I'm wondering if the S10s would have been a better choice. But the mids are very good - better than they were in the store. I will experiment with the plugs, though, and see what happens.

I hope I'm not giving the impression that I am disappointed with the S8s - they're really very, very nice.