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Oh my Gosh! Just set the monster up. Played the THX intro from Cave of the Crystal Skulls (DVD). Mind blowing. Blends perfectly with the M60 like Michaura M665s with supertweeters, PDQ1500 15" Dahlquist subwoofer, and a pair of Mission 77DS back surround speakers. If you have this disc and haven't listened to the THX intro for a while, do yourselves a favor and set your Axioms a blazing. Wow. BTW cabinet arrived in perfect cosmetic condition. I haven't taken off the speaker grill yet, but that's how it'll roll. [img:center]  [/img] [img:center]  [/img]
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Very nice.
Did you already know it would fit between the TV stand legs, or was it one of those "high risk installations" ?
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Wow, when did your TV break?
It's stuck on Fox News...
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Wow, when did your TV break?
It's stuck on Fox News... Mark, that's not news. You know better, bud.
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That thing looks just perfectly proportioned with that stand. Very cool.
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And the politics banter has made it back here yet again...  If I want to hear it, I will go on to Facebook and read all of Mark and Cam's posts... 
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2X im digging those speakers. When did axiom make those ? I really like the finish. One thing i noticed is that in one of the pics you have a metal thinga ma jiggy on top and the others i clearly see super tweets. Nice setup btw
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And the politics banter has made it back here yet again... If I want to hear it, I will go on to Facebook and read all of Mark and Cam's posts... cmon nick we all know that the best place for election updates is from steven colbert. 
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I love this set up. Ah Socketman, the Michaura Mystery. This fella in Massachusetts contracted with Axiom to build a line of speakers, the M55, the M66 and the M665. [img:center]  [/img] The smaller speaker adjacent to the headboard is the M55, two 5.25" Axiom drivers and the Axiom 0.75" titanium tweeter. (Very much like the M22) The cabinets are incredibly solid and inert hex shaped units. These speakers have wonderful sound quality. They are perfect matches with a 5 wpc SET tube amp. Very easy to drive. I upgraded mine with Jensen paper oil capacitors and Caddock resistors. The speaker under the window is a Michaura M66, two Axiom 6.5" drivers, sort of like the M50. I had a pair of M50s and for some reason, these M66s sound orders of magnitude better than the M50ti. These speakers also are perfectly matched to a low output SET tube amp. All these speakers have finishes just like the glossy rosewood or was it cherry which was discontinued in the Axiom lineup. I think Axiom should release a line of speakers using the hex shaped cabinets. They are not only beautiful, but they sound GOOD. I also have and had a bunch of Axiom speakers - M50s, M22, M3s, M2s, QS8s, VP150, and now the VP180. Oh yes, the metal thingies. There was a marine surplus warehouse in Newport Beach. They had solid bronze drive shafts ~ 5" diameter, and some solid brass rods I think 2.5" diameter. I had them cut some huge hockey pucks for me, polished them up and glued some red felt to one side and red on the other. I use them to tame disturbing quantum vibrations from my speakers and sub woofers. Mainly, I just love the way they look.
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