Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Speakers comparable to M3ti?

OK, since everyone knows that there is NOTHING comparable to the M3ti, I've decided that will be the solution!

Am in the middle of a transaction that should save the day. Thanks for everyone's advice/suggestions. I did research several alternatives, and almost went down a different path, but have seen the light.

By the way, I do love my M2s (which my 12 year old son now has in his room in his first stereo), and the M22s (which are in the HT set up). There are times that I wish the M2s had more bass, so that was why I was looking for the M3s for a small stereo set up.

I've got the Sonic Impact T-Amp all ready to go with a power supply, got the Dell DJ filled with tunes, and now just need the speakers. Should be ready & cranking tunes by Fri!

Take care,
Rich

Hi Rich!

Glad to hear you decided to try the M3s and that there wasen't too much of a budget problem.

I have not heard the M2s or M22s so I have nothing to compare to, but my understanding is that the M3s don't sound all that horribly different! so you(hopefully)won't find a major, disturbing, variation!!

Seriously though...

The M3s should prove to be an ideal "office" speaker and give you really good tunes at a reasonable price!!

We'll be looking foreward to hearing your thoughts on them by Friday evening!!
Rich.

Hello Rich,
You might even find that you prefer the M3's for music listening, over the M22's. Congratulations and good luck.

Ola mace

I agree. I had a pair of M22s, a bunch of M3s (I keep giving them away because I love them!) and still have a pair of M2s. For music, I think the M3s are the pick of that crowd.

Hey 2x6--

You're the freakin' reason I'm doing this!!!

Did you notice my set up will be with the SI T-amp? I talked my wife into getting this set up for the home office. What I'm hoping is that:

1) She'll think the speakers are too large, and
2) I'll have to swap them out for something else, and
3) I'll get to set this up somewhere else in the house.

Devious? Nope. I'm too transparent, and she knows what I'm up to. I just hope she doesn't love it too much. And I bought 3 of the T-amps to leverage the shipping fee.

To hijack my own thread, I know you already did some mods on one of your T-amps. Can you tell me *how* you did them? I'd like to have real inputs and binding posts. Will it require soldering? I haven't tried to solder anything since I was about 11 and made a right mess. The need to solder is also what has kept me from getting one of those power supplies you recommended instead of a wall wart.

Any advice and/or references will be greatly appreciated. (Soldering for Dummies?)

Take care,
Rich

Heh... Just got back from Baja, and here's the thread I was going to start! I'm thinking about the exact same thing, along with the same problems! (Including convincing my wife!). Looking forward to seeing the replies here.

I have some Athena b-1s coming in a few days. I can report back if anyone is interested.

$105 on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009WRV1A/qid=1118896191/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl23/102-2408694-7528921?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

2x6 will likely have more info on this, but I thought I'd share some of the useful info that I've found. I haven't modified a T-Amp yet, but I will be trying soon.

Some step-by-step basic mods
Parts and Mods list
Michael Mardis has done a lot with the amp, and he answers questions. A pretty informative site with diagrams, etc.
Class D Forums

Hope that helps.

EDIT -- Yes, lots of soldering

Good links Jonathan. Looks like I may have to open my T-amp up and try some new things.

Merkaba--

Those are some pretty amazing links. I did some searches, and didn't find 3of those 4, so thank very much.

I may need to learn to solder after all...

Rich