Hi Cameron, as a fellow metal man, I can safely assure you that what you are hearing is not just you. I find my older cd's just don't cut it with the Axioms or most speakers for that matter. The material has been recorded so cheaply and poorly that you have to tweak it some just to make it listenable. Some of my recent purchases appear to have been recorded much better and I have found some of my older cd's in remastered form, these remasters sound much better.\:\)


Jason
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