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Awesome! Your speaker cables finally broke-in! ROTFL
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IMHO, volume level shouldn't have much to do with transparency. A disapearing soundstage is a function of having good audio equipment that's set up and calibrated correctly, quality speakers that are positioned properly, room acoustics, and the recording itself.
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I bolded the speaker setup line, because thanks to many tips from other members here, I have found that to be absolutely critical. To get that, 'where'd the speakers go' feeling, your speaker layout has to be just spot on. I have found that properly toe-ing in your mains and playing with seating position and distance is critical to getting that feeling.





I've still got some tweaking to do on speaker position, but entering new territory like this sent chills up my spine. Can't wait to get there again.

Speaking of speaker wire, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Axiom uses their own stuff for post to speaker connection inside the cabinets (at least my EP500 is that way).

Scott

Scott

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