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I didn't see the answer to the "where do I get some of what you're smoking?" question.

I have some other questions.

Is there a calibration microphone thingamabob, or are we dependent upon placement for any specific room tuning?

How does all this stuff wire up?

Are you doing A/D and D/A conversions in The Magic Box in order to implement the DSP?

In what ways is this approach superior to 7.1 (or more) HD audio?

I'm not trying to be argumentative; I am really very excited about the technology. I know Ian and Andrew may not want to answer these types of questions. I have always appreciated not only the exquisite products Axiom offers, but also the learning community here.

Bravo, Axiom! The speakers are beautiful and I hope to own them (or at least HEAR them) some day.

Andrew,

Will the new DSP box work with the current speaker lineup?

And, what are you smoking?

I seem to recall that Axiom's philosophy in the past has been that a mic does not equal two ears and a brain, so I doubt they would implement any type of mic based calibration now.

I don't think this new product is intended to go head to head with 7.1. It may be more of an elite 2.0 type setup, or an alternative to fronts with height and/or wide speakers.

All just speculation on my part.

Andrew, i have 2 questions for you...

first, i do not quite understand the above statement.. I would "think" that the answer is fairly obvious... What... making an omni directional speaker, Why... to offer a product that is "better" than current products available....


Now, to my second question... I do a decent amount of stereo listening... How would these new speakers be in a stereo setup with a pair of EP600's? Right now i have M60ti's (8 years old) and have placed an order for a second EP600...

Also, as Ian has told me, i am a bit insane, which i agree with...

As of now, my am thinking that my next "stereo" speakers will be Wilsons, however Jame's new speaker at bryston has also caught my eye as well, but his speakers require 3 channels per speaker.

Translation: Will these work in my square room?

Yeah, that!

No, actually I was just curious if they require a largish room....

Maybe purely from a time-response basis, a mic could be used to 'sense' the size of a room based on the time it takes for a signal to go from the front drivers to the mic vs the time it takes for the rear drivers to bounce around the room to the mic...

Like any larger loudspeaker, these will be happier in larger rooms. It's simply a matter of the amount of radiating area and distances to room boundaries.
They will also work best in setups which will allow them to be 2-3 feet from the rear wall. The angled backs also help in this regard.
Full damping or absorbent panels directly behind the speakers would definitely be a bad idea. A typical plaster or drywall surface will be fine.

So, a flat surface behind as opposed to say, a bookshelf's added diffusion?