Re: M80s vs. M50s vs. M3s vs. Incompetent wiring
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Okay Ken, the mystery is the M80 highs vs M3/M50 highs. Since you didn't mention it, I'll ask if you ran through the usual suspects: binding post connectors tight, listen to see if tweeters working, compare one M80 with the other to see if there was a difference, etc. The 525 wouldn't appear to have anything to do with it, assuming that you didn't have the tone controls or other sound processing in effect. Could it be that the stronger bass of the M80s simply made the highs sound subjectively less prominent?
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Re: M80s vs. M50s vs. M3s vs. Incompetent wiring
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uh...hm...I have not even recieved my order of M22s yet, and I am...uh...really wanting to upgrade to M80s..
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn you people and your air-born Upgraditus!
I just blame the whole board, I find my symptoms ease quite abit over summer when I am outside more and on this board less. I bet its just a computer virus spread through keyboard use. I wonder if I could avoid it by using th Wii for this forum more?
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Re: M80s vs. M50s vs. M3s vs. Incompetent wiring
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Yup, all tweeters happily functional, no tone controls, no processing, no apparent difference between the two. It could certainly be the case that the bass made it sound less. Again, it's hardly an extreme lack, just a difference that we noticed. I don't notice a lack at all if I'm just listening to the 80s.
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Re: M80s vs. M50s vs. M3s vs. Incompetent wiring
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Again, congrats on the new speakers and thanks for sharing your comparisons Ken ... looks like you guys had a good time!
I've ran my 80s though both a Rotel processor as well as the H/K 635 and really didn't hear a noticeable difference as far as brightness between the two units, I did find that placement and room acoustics made more of a difference than just about anything else I've thrown at them however.
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Re: M80s vs. M50s vs. M3s vs. Incompetent wiring
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My upgraditus bug has gone airborn! Right up the chimney! Right up the fireplace chimney!
The Wife has decided that the cabinets that the M50s are in; the cabinets that are 'bout a quarter inch too short for even M60s, must say! Yes!!
The fireplace must stay also. The fireplace which scatters sound reflections all over the room! Yes, Yes!!
Hooray and hallelujah; I have an eternally sucky listening room! Praise the Lord and pass the CDs!! And wave "bye bye" to the upgraditus bug!
I can stay with the M50s secure in the knowledge that M60s, let alone M80s, would be wasted in this hostile space!
...what the hey, other than pure soundstaging bliss, I am perfectly happy with the sound of the M50s paired with a bunch of M3s.
Life is good.
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With M80s......in a better room? Yup; a definite YUP!!
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