Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Algonquins are up

Some overdue pictures of the Algonquins I received for my birthday. The color matched the wood stain on our deck really well. The flash on the camera makes them look like they stand out even more than they really do. In normal lighting, they blend almost perfectly.

Algonquins in Spiced Rum:


Mounted on the Deck:

Very nice. Did you ever get that Sherwood to hook them up to?

Yes, I did. When I had the speakers inside, I cranked up the volume on the Sherwood and compared the capabilities versus my Denon 3808. Clipping definitely was noticeable at lower volumes on the Sherwood, but even on the Sherwood, it had to be quite loud before this happened. Definitely louder than I'll ever play them in my back yard.

If/when I get a second pair of M3s to run in my gameroom, I'll have to test how the Sherwood works running both speakers at the same time, but like I said in the past, it will be rare that I need both running at the same time, so if it doesn't work, I won't lose much.

All in all, the Sherwood is a very good solution, thanks again for the recommendations.

Jason

That is really sweet, they blend in really nice with your deck. I bet they sound awesome too.

Cheers,

Dr. House

One of them sounds a lot better than the other actually. Initially I had some static in one tweeter and Axiom immediately sent me a replacement. However, now that they've moved from upstairs to the deck, I have no sound at all in that tweeter (or the replacement tweeter).

Axiom is taking care of me just fine though, they've got another Algonquin on the way already.

Fortunately the one we hear directly from our table on the deck is the working speaker.

Tweeters are overated!
Seriously, hope replacement will arrive soon so you can move on your deck a bit instead of being nailed under the one speaker.

I know... the non-tweeting unit is lined up with my grill... No grill parties until my sound is corrected!

Those certainly look like they belong. :)At the angle they are mounted, though, aren't you concerned that they might start collecting water? Looking at the cutaway drawing below, it looks like rainwater could have a direct path into the interior cavity.

In fact, I am concerned with that problem... (as I just noticed today a small amount of water in the speaker case when I removed the tweeter).

The Algonquin manual advises that they can be mounted vertically or horizontally, but the angled port definitely is a direct pathway into the speaker when mounted horizontally...

Is this something Axiom has thought of? Are their drainage holes I haven't seen or is the horizontal mount only possible if they're not exposed to the elements?

Jason

Would a simple shroud do the trick over top of them. Shaped in such a way as so the ports can breath but it is protected from vertical and horizontal rain. Vibration would be a key element in the shrouds DIY design.

Also, from the picture, is that a port on the bottom as well. They have a bent tube on the top to prevent rain in the vertical position but nothing on the bottom. If both ports had them, I would imagine that maybe the ports could be rotated (depending on how its designed) to allow for horizontal placement protection.

I really want a set of these someday for my deck, but I have sooo many other priorities and challenges right now.