Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Sneak Preview of the Axiom Audio Cables

If anyone is interested, Audioholics has done a preliminary review (preview?) of the Axiom Audio line of cables. The review is subjective and will be followed by more objective technical measurements in a follow-up speaker cable face-off article.

Here's the link:

http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/interconnects/axiomaudio_cables_review.html

Quote: "stiff RCA connectors that comfortably grip when attached without risking damage during insertion or removal."

sounds like some kind of dirty instruction manual.

I may have thought it, but I sure didn't say it.

I was amazed I beat you to it Peter

The SIAA (sexual innuendo addicts anonymous) meetings I'm going to must be helping.

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OK...I admit it, I thought the same thing too.

I'll pass along some tips I learned from those SIAA meeting that should help you avoid the temptation of going down the (warm) slippery path toward sexual innuendos:

1. Count to 10. If still tempted, go to step 2.
2. Temporarily take on the persona of a puritan. If still tempted, go to step 3.
3. Pretend your mother is watching over your shoulder. If still tempted, go to step 4.
4. Think about your grandmother for 15 seconds. If still tempted (you're sick!), go to step 5.
5. WWJD?

Clint, I thought that Gene had warned you about writing those sexy equipment reviews when you know how those guys on the Axiom board are.

If we can get past the giggling adolescent confusion between audio cabling and private parts, first of all, I love the audioholics website. It's frequently updated, and unlike some blatantly commercial sites (which really make their money from "advertorials" - advertisements disguised to look like objective reviews) audioholics calls 'em like it sees them. For example, they hammered a widely praised Sunfire product (I've always thought they were overpriced and overrated, but that's my opinion, so please don't sue).

Anyway, I was pleased that audioholics like Axiom's new cabling.

There are some terrific bargains in well made cables out there - I like the Tara Labs Prism series, which can be had for dirt cheap on ebay, in England, Ecosse cabling is available for a few bucks for runs of very well made cables. There's some decent AR cables which are modestly priced. Of course, when you need a cable fast, there's always Radio Shack gold series stuff. It's OK, although the "Fusion," series has ferrite RF blocks which may, according to some reviewers, dull the music when used on speaker wire and interconnects.

I have about a dozen of the Outlaw locking interconnects. I think they're pretty, but they are a pain in the butt, they're big and the locking mechanisms can get hung up.

I swap equipment frequently, so I'm looking at the backside of my equipment and recabling more often than sensible, so convenience is important to me, so, I won't be getting any more of Outlaw's cables.

I like banana plugs for convenience, but my best speaker wire (IMO) are some runs of the Mapleshade Clearview Double Golden Helix Plus (big name, thin wire) which has naked ends, no spades, no plugs ... Modestly priced compared to Kimber, Nordost etc., but much more expensive than the Tara Labs.

Anyway, because I'm a supporter of Axiom, I'll be ordering some of their cables when they're available. It's always good to have some extras handy.