Good question, although I doubt any of us will know the answer. There are a few people on the board who have had foam surrounds rot out over the (20-ish) years but I don't remember hearing about failure of rubber surrounds on any speaker -- Axiom or other.

Axiom has been in business quite a while but probably nowhere near long enough to see any degeneration-related surround failures.

Dumb question for you -- what is it about the Florida climate that could affect rubber products indoors ? I know the heat and humidity can get pretty brutal in the fall but I can't imagine them being bad enough to affect the longevity of a rubber product unless you throw sun into the mix.

P.S. I always thought Houston did a better job of making fun of the weather, famous for the morning "race to 100", ie will the temperature or the relative humidity hit 100 first ?


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