Between Monitor 7s and Axioms (M60s in this case, but same goes for the rest of the Axiom line) the Monitors seem a bit "muffled" by comparison. The Monitors seem to dip in the midrange while the Axioms have much flatter response, ie more detail when compared to Monitors.
One of my hunting buddies bought Paradigms, I bought Axioms. My other hunting buddy ("chips" on the forums) listened to both and bought Axioms. My other buddy with the Monitor 7s wants to make his system sound more like the Axioms -- my guess is that a bit of EQ will help a lot.
I think the Monitors will play louder than the comparable Axioms while still sounding clean but I haven't done any serious A/B testing to support that statement.
M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39
M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8
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