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I have upgraded my HT receiver (it is an Onkyo 876). It pushes 140 watts per channel. Now I want to upgrade my speakers. I am building a Rythmik DS1500 vented box with a H500peq. I am in transition to a large room (around 7000 cubic feet). My budget is around 2k for speakers. I would like to purchase the LCR and QS8. What am I missing if I chose the M60 vs the M80? Would my receiver drive the M80 fine?

Thanks for your help

First off, welcome to the forum .

Your Onkyo should have no problem driving the M80's or any other Axiom speaker. The M80's have a massive power handling and would be a perfect fit for your very large room. The QS8's are a must as well!

Also if you order from the factory outlet (A-stock/B stock) you get 10% off and if your order contains 5 or more items ($30 or more) you receive an additional 5% off...something to consider.

Good luck in your speaker hunting BillH!

The M80 has a little more detail/clarity on the top end, but its a subtle difference you will only notice in a direct A/B comparison.

The M80s do have noticably more bass though. Do you have or are you planning on getting a sub?

Fred, I think he is building a Rythmik. That receiver should work fine, but I would wait until you get a few other opinions from current owners. Historically, Onkyo has not had a great track record with the m80 4ohm design and gets mixed reviews. Later models seem to do better. On paper it looks good, but in the real world some have had issues.

My room is 1,000 cu ft bigger than yours, and I've used both m60's and m80's, in either case they will both do a great job.

I am building a Rythmik DS1500 with the matching 500 watt amp. I talked with axiom and they told me the M60v2 would be fine with this room. I have like $1700 US saved for this (this amount is entirely for the speakers, I already paid for the sub), so the M60v2 with the VP150 and QS8's are more in my budget. I was just wondering if I would even notice the difference since I am going to be using this sub.

Has anyone match the rythmik with the Axioms? This has been a long process trying to make a decision.

I don't know if I was unclear in my last post. I asked two questions:

Debate I want the M80 but the M60 is more in my budget. Will I be disappointed with the M60 for this size of room. I keep wondering if my sub will help the M60 fill the room. It sounds like there is not a huge difference between the M60 and the M80.

Has anyone here matched a Rythmik with the Axioms.

Use= 70% HT 30% music but I am thinking this will change when I finally get some decent speakers.

I have been shopping the factory outlet for the speakers I want. I tell you, I have bounced from Klipsch, Polk, Paradigm, ascend to Axiom. This seems like such a big purchase and I live in a small city where the only kind of speaker to actually listen to is Klipsch. The only one in my price range, that I liked was the RF82. All the reviews I have read are outstanding for the Axiom (plus I like the QS8's)

this statement confused me:
That receiver should work fine, but I would wait until you get a few other opinions from current owners. Historically, Onkyo has not had a great track record with the m80 4ohm design and gets mixed reviews. Later models seem to do better

I believe the receiver I purchased is a newer model:
TXSR876

Your post is clear. I was reading challenged earlier today.

The M60s sound great all on their own and will be more than enough even in a large room. The differences between the 60s and the 80s outside of bass in a 2.0 situation are very subtle. I would not have hesitated to go with the 60s if I had a similar budget restriction.

My original expected use was 90% music 10% movies, but damn do movies sound good with a proper system.

The QS series are among the best, if not the best, surrounds in the industry.

You will get good value for your money (trust me, I'm a cheap bugger) out of Axiom. Certainly better than lower mid line Klipsch.

Some of the lower line Onkyos shut down under the higher current demand of the 4 Ohm M80s. There are a couple of people here who have used a 7 or 8 series Onkyo with the M80s with no issues.

I would also mention that while the M80's definitely put out more bass, the M60's do a pretty tremendous job on their own. I've had a few people over that have asked where I am hiding my sub... which I do not have yet. Granted my listening area is very small, which probably contributes the most to this effect.