HK7300 and M80,VP150,QS8 - Axiom Message Boards

Hello everybody!
How is your Monday?
Mine started like crazy...First I ordered the HK7300($1300 at J&R-I was able to get a discount over the phone) then I called John at Axiom and I upgraded to M80!
I feel like I am dreaming not about a..."White Christmas"...but about a (what colour?) dream came true!
Anybody with this system?
Warmest wishes to all of you!
Octavian

looks like you are well on your way to building one heck of a system. i have the M60's, 150, and QS8,s being pushed by the onkyo SR701. i couldnt happier with this set-up. i have yet to really crank it to the max power of the receiver cause its just too dang loud. those 80's should give you a powerful, yet clear wall of sound. i think you will be more than satisfied with your results.

bigjohn

Hi bigjohn!
Thank you for your words.Any problems with the placement of the M80(my room is 14 feet wide)?
Regards,
Octavian

i have the M60's, not the 80's, but i have read that placement on the 80's can be a little difficult. i would just make sure to give yourself at least a foot from the rear speaker to the wall, and place them fairly far apart. i dont have 'exact' distances to give you, but i think the 80's need plenty of room to breath.

i have my 60's about a foot out from the wall, and 8ft wide. they sound wonderful.

bigjohn

I have the 7200 and M80’s that I play through the zone II. I have a POS Bose system upstairs in an open loft.

You will have not hear so much as a whimper from the 7300 driving the M80’s. The loudest that I have played them (and in the same room) was 117 decibels. They were playing this loud 15 feet away, at a + 5 on the HK volume control. FYI, the HK goes from -40 to +40. They are about 8 feet apart and 2 feet away from the wall. Placement has not been an issue whatsoever, and I don’t relay understand why folks say that placing these things is an onerous task. I’ve moved them around quite a bit and eventually just put them where they seemed to fit in best with my furniture. There is a tad bit difference with base when I have them closer to the wall, but definitely no difference when I move them further away or closer together, or toe them in or out. The M80’s play nothing but music. However, one day I sat downstairs while playing a DVD just to hear how they would sound in stereo with the LF-1 on. That was a huge mistake because now I really really can not stand the POS Bose system. Before I was getting by, now I’m sick with thought about how much better a real HT sound system will sound. So I’ll be ordering an Axiom HT speaker system for the loft pretty soon.

Hi!
Thank you so much for your input!I am glad to see that you have a very nice system.Enjoy it!
Regards,
Octavian

Congtatulations. Get yourself a Jefferson Starship CD, and have yourself a merry little psychodelic Christmas. Be careful, those M80s will rattle your balls clean off.

Ya'll realize that I'm talking about the TREE, right?

Wowwwww Octavian, now that is one PRODUCTIVE day!

I'm very happy for you, its going to be a wonderful early christmas for you.

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How is your Monday?

Well I got word that the rest of my Axioms will be coming shortly, so I too am absolutely thrilled!

Enjoy your Axiom christmas, Jag