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

Howdy comrades.
On the way home from work today I pulled the trigger on some Monitor Audio S8s in the Rosemah finish. Unfortunately they won't be here until sometime next week.

It should be very interesting to see how the M60s stack up against these much more expensive speakers. Aside from the S8s obvious advantage in the bass dep't (and aesthetic appeal) I think the M60s will do pretty well. Even if the M60s do get bested, they'll still be staying here with me. It appears they go for $600-650 on the used market - and I like them far more than that!

If you folks out here in soCal are interested in doing a demo session, let me know. It would be very cool to expand the listening session to include some M80s, as M80s in a high gloss finish will be my next purchase if the Monitor Audios don't blend well with the rest of my Axiom HT.

I'm VERY interested in how your demo turns out. Last year I went to a members house for an m80 demo and was very impressed. Then I heard MA S8 a couple of months later. I heard the two speakers to many months apart so I can't really say which one was better because I didn't get to do a side by side comparison. Please let us know how it turns out.

Thanks
Legairre

As you know Bigwill, i've heard both and own the M60s, but i've always leaned towards the MA mostly b/c of aesthetics as both speakers sound excellent.
I know at least Saturn has heard them as well.
I would be interested in your thoughts and pics if you can provide them.

Hmmmm...I might have to invite myself to your place and drag my butt out to Corona....maybe bring my speakers with me!

Big Daddy Curtis! Grab those little horizontal speakers and come on out! I would be extremely excited to have an opportunity to hear those Ascends.

I'll definitely report my findings - including pics, I suppose.

Keep in mind that I will be biased based by what I have heard already from each speaker in separate environments: I am expecting the MAs to have much better bass and to be a little more forgiving on the top end, but not much I'm guessing. I'm also expecting them to have some unwanted midrange resonances that the M60s do not. In all the listening sessions I have done, there have been no speakers cleaner-sounding than my M60s. And in the 2 years I've had them I'm sure I have been acclimated to what music is "supposed to" sound like (like it sounds through my Axioms! ).

Thanks for the feedback, pards.

horizontal??
http://www.thechangs.us/clean.JPG

I will PM you and maybe we can set something up.

Ooops! My bad. I thought the Ascends were bookshelf speakers with a horizontally aligned woofer and mid.

no no no....that is a bad thing. That type of alignment causes lobbing.

Lobbing -- def'n : An acoustic effect caused by multiple drivers sharing a horizontal axis, characterized by variations in perceived sound level as the listener moves about the room; resulting in the disgruntled listener tossing the offending speaker into the trash...

yeah...that's it.

I know there are somethings that can be done the lessen lobbing effects as well.

But as far as L/R speakers are concerned, you almost never see that drivers arranged that way.