Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Efficiency of Speakers?

That's a good question. Efficiency is actually how loudly a speaker sounds when playing a signal at a specific power level and doesn't have much to do with clarity.

Klipsch speakers are generally known for being efficient, however, so the dealer was half right.

Clarity at low levels of loudness is more a function of how accurate the speaker is across the frequency range. Axioms are known for being very "detailed", which I believe is the same thing you are describing, although it never hurts to try and listen to a pair if you can.

The biggest thing I liked about my Axioms was their ability to pick apart the different notes and sounds, eg "oh, I see, that's an electric bass *and* a bass synth playing at the same time, you can hear the electric bass fumble a note occasionally". Other people talk about hearing pick noise on guitars, players shuffling their feet etc..

Axioms obviously aren't the only speakers which reproduce sound with this clarity, but they do seem to be very good.