Great photo of everyone, including the wild man, Chess.

Speaking of whom, I must defend our new switching system for the double-blind comparisons, remote-controlled and absolutely instantaneous. The only reason Chess may have found it difficult is having fat fingers, swollen from too much drink!! Those of us in control, with slender fingers, had no trouble with the two buttons on the remote.

p.s., the B&W was too forward, making Holly Cole's vocals quite sibilant. Her vocals were smooth and natural on the Axiom M3. The B&W's forwardness--dare I say brightness?--also made the soundstage more 2-dimensional, moving it forward, with less depth than Axiom's M3v3, especially noticeable on large orchestral works.

Cheers,
Alan

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)