Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater M60 compared to B&W speaker?

I was wondering which range and type of B&W speaker that M60 can be compared to in term of sound quality and build construction?

thanks.

From a pure audio perspective, several here think the M60s sound very similar to the B&W 703s, which are around $3,000/pr. It would be worthwhile for you to search the forum for comparisons, as there is quite a bit of information available.

Yep...in all my speaker listening, the closest thing to the M60's I've heard has been the B&W 703's. Those 703's are the best looking speaker I've seen. Sweet real wood veneer...just a killer looking speaker. But they don't really sound any better than my M60's, and cost soooo much more.

I totally agree with spiffnme, before I bought my Axioms based on all the unbiased feedback on this forum (not like AVS) I listed to NHT, Klipsch, Paradigm, and B&W's on all of the receiver's I was thinking about.... Like you spiffnme, I fell in love with the B&W look and sound, the 703's are just toooo cool. I figured the price would be more than Axioms, and that was confirmed when I saw the price tag at the local AV Dealer. But when the salesman said, oh, I'm sorry, that price is for only ONE speaker, I about fell over. Also, my brother in law owns a recording studio and has only used B&W's in the studio and at home for as long as I've known him. He could not believe the sound my M60's put out, we were listening to a recent CD his band just produced, and he was VERY impressed with the sound coming from my system. He had never heard of Axiom's and his best guess was that I payed close to $1,000 per speaker based on the quality and sound he was hearing. The look on his face when I told him the truth, I wish I had a camera...

I have not been around AV as much as some of the others on this forum, but I have been around music most of my life. I grew up around the piano, played 1st chair trumpet in jazz band, and have a pretty good singing voice. Must have got that from my dad, he was a professional singer and was on Ed Sullivan back in 59, for the Army Entertainment Show. Some of you old timers might remember that broadcast each year...

Randy

You ought to do a search on this. I know I've replied a few times to this very subject, and I don't post much here (relatively new Axiom owner, plus I don't know much). But,(and I'll repeat my opinion on this) I found that Paradigm Studio Reference III's sound more like Axioms than 703's. For instance, the 100's sound pretty darn close to my M80's. I felt that the 703's were brighter and didn't have as much bass as my 80's, and both 703's and the 100's did not have as tight a midrange as the 80's.

Don't recall who, but there is another person on this board that posted dam near the exact perception that I have on this. Either case, Axioms, in my opinion, sound better than the other two I've mentioned. Plus, they're half the price. Quite a bargain.......