Depends how you look at it... the subject in this case said that absolutely, yes, he would give that the Axiom wire was a good example of "audiophile-grade" speaker wire. I've run the same test with a different subject (the above mentioned brother, who considers himself a golden ear being a musician and all) with 12ga. standard speaker wire and 12ga. Monster speaker cable... again, within any parameters; correct minimum gauge for run length, near identical length runs, no external issues that would colour a sound and make a cable easy to detect (ie: a coil, cap or other passive crossover) the results have been the same.
The Axiom wire is nice, really nice... tons of really small strands... nice, flexible dielectric... it's definately good-looking and well-built, to the point where I'd give it the nod over Noel Lee's stuff - but if you're expecting something more sonically, ain't gonna happen.
Bren R.
