just curious, because i bought a pair of axiom m60s (250 watts, 8 ohm) thinking that i wouldn't need the extra 200 watts provided by the m70 (400 watts, 4 ohm) because i have a relatively small room... did i make a mistake, does watts and resistance actually affect sounds quality? Or does it just determine how loud your speakers can be?

thank you in advance.

Speaker wattage ratings are really not very meaningful. Yes, the M80 can play louder than the M60, it has two tweets and mids vs just one for the M60. However, the woofer section is identical and many times this is the limiting factor in maximum sound levels.

Personally, I do not agree at all with the engineering approach of the M80, so if I were buying Axiom speakers, the M60 would be my choice.

As far as resistance goes, lower resistance speakers will draw more power from an amplifier and are more difficult to drive and control than higher resistance speakers.

Bottom line, set up the M60s, run them as SMALL, and see how they work. I doubt you will have many issues with them not playing loud enough.

so theres no quality of sound difference and how loud the speakers will be able to play won't really be a problem?

thank god and thank YOU! I've been bashing my head into the wall for the last few days cause I thought i made a big mistake

the extra 200 watts provided by the m70 (400 watts, 4 ohm) because i have a relatively small room

Speakers don't provide any watts at all. They are fed by an amplifier that provides the watts. The wattager rating is more how much power you can feed into a speaker without damaging the speaker. Few amplifiers are really capable of delivering that much power, and even more rarely would anyone want that kind of power actually delivered since it would be unbearably loud. The max wattage rating of a speaker is really not a big deal as it has almost no impact on sound quality, and in any case too little amplifier power is more dangerous than too much.

ahh, sry. I meant maximum. I should have clarified.

However, wattage does not effect there will be no effect on sound quality right? So the M80 does not nessacerily sound better than the M60.

ahh, sry. I meant maximum. I should have clarified.

However, wattage does not effect there will be no effect on sound quality right? So the M80 does not nessacerily sound better than the M60.

It may or may not sound better, but that has nothing to do with its max wattage rating.