Is anyone actually going to order these through the Owner's Club offer? I'm not currently in the market for a system like that, but I'm still curious how they end up performing.

tossing it around for the upstairs living room's new Plasma.

I think JP is probably the most likely candidate, as he's still running Blose in one of his rooms.

I'm anxious to see this new connection Ian mentioned in the article. Sounds like a less evasive way without cutting huge holes in your wall.

I've been wanting an EP 400 and this deal would make the 5 accents verrry tempting. Perhaps a bedroom as well as pc system.

I thought the EP400 deal was really tempting as well, though I would use the 400 with another system!

JP still has Blose?

I guess it's always the "quiet neighbor" that no one "ever would have suspected"...

Wow, to think I kinda liked the guy.....

Everyone will be happy to know that with our move, we have disconnected the BOSE Lifestyle 15 system that was in our living room. Now we just have sound through the TV. I'm not noticing a lot of difference.

Must not be a very good TV.

Or very ordinary ears!

Ha, and ha!

Mark, now that I have your address, expect a big cardboard box full of Blose any day.

Hey, maybe they'll cure your sucky room, since two negatives make a positive!

You think that address was my REAL one? HA!

And I suppose you think I really had "Mother" issues too?

{{ twitch...facial tic...twitch-twitch }}

<hypnotize>From now on, whenever you hear the word "elephant", you will make an elephant noise and wave your arm around like a trunk.</hypnotize>

Wasn't necessary, JP. He already does this.

how much are these things from the owners club? How much will they be on official release?

Thanks.

And I don't even wait for the secret word!

Will you guys be here all week? How's the prime rib?

JP will be. We make him mop the floors while Jack and I count the money.

As always, there's a two drink minimum.

Don't forget to tip your waitress!

"Heather" was her name, IIRC...

And she was hot, IIRC.

Yeah, and she served really good French fries, or pommes frites as you so-fist-uh-cated types call 'em.

pommes frites is wrong, in french it's 'frites' alone.

They were Belgian.

We talkin' fries or waffles here?

So who is going to order the Accent system to report to the rest of us?

We got Peter reviewing receivers already....

From the newsletter:

Too small! My woman demands much larger audio gear.

Also are these generally supposed to sound like audiobytes?

Hmm that's two newsletters in a row I didn't get. I should never have included Alan as a wise old crow spirit in my cartoon.

I'm going to guess it wasn't the "wise" part that bit you.

I thought "size doesn't matter".

Keep believing that

What do these look like?

*Ian not included.

Hey, he may be included if he refuses to let go of the naked one.

Ah nice, thank you...they look rather thin. On walls?

Yes, with a special mounting bracket that acts as the binding post for the speaker as well. The speaker wire connects to the mount and the speaker slides down onto the mount locking it in place with contacts on the speaker.

Very nice looking for a HTIB type of speaker (probably with a much better sound)

If I manage to find a house that has a game room/den or something to put my HT gear I will consider putting these in the living room.. Then again I will prolly go with m22's, vp100, qs8, ep350 or something... ( maybe on wall versions of the front speakers). then I can put some accents in the master bedroom. You can never have too much surround sound right?

While I am at it I might as well throw some audiobytes and algonquins into the shopping cart.. oh and an ep400 to go with the accents and and epzero to go with the computer speakers.

Dang... Axiom just has TOO much stuff I want. Maybe I should just buy a Tshirt or something and call it good.

But, think of this way. If you buy all the speakers you're talking about, I bet you could persuade them to throw in a free t-shirt! It's all about saving money.

I’ll be ordering some. Some for me, and a system for a buddy of mine. As soon as I get more information from Axiom on how they mount, and if I can get them in a real wood finish, I’ll place the order.

In my case, I need two very small speakers for a use as surrounds. I have one TV area in the house where my boy and his friends hang out and play Wii. They will go there.

For my buddy, he has been bugging me to set up a surround system for his house for about three years now. I haven’t done anything with it because he wants “small” speakers. He was going to buy some Bose cubes, but I talked him out of that. I almost had him talked into some Q’s and M3’s, but even those were too big for him. I sent him my owner’s letter and he likes these little fellers. In his words "finally get me".

His room is less than ideal. It’s a basic A frame design. The room is all open and quite large for small speakers. If it were my house, I’d use towers and an EP 800. He wouldn’t go for that though…

The L/R/C will go on this wall, somewhere. He also wants a new TV, so I’ll have to get that and mount it before I can figure out where to put the speakers.



The Surround speakers have to go on this wall. Wire has been pulled to J-boxes that are to the right and left of the upper row of windows.



Some more shots of the room.....






I'm not sure if the basic white or real wood in a pine finish would be better. I'm not a designer and have no taste.... Neither does my buddy.

Beautiful open concept home! reminds me of some of the Viceroy model homes I've been in.

How does one find info on the Owners Club...is there a secret handshake or where do find out about it?

I'm going to have to have to start avoiding any of your posts with pictures in them. I want to move in.

Cool house.

I'd mount the TV lower and try to get all three front speakers on the same wall as the TV. Probably the wood finish for those.

I'd be tempted to get eggshell or white speakers for the surrounds, though.

Mike, you have exquisite taste.

Peter, I think you just want to move to Alaska. Ya do know that there are a lot of IT jobs here don’t you? All the oil companies have large IT departments.

I was thinking white for the surrounds too Tom. Either that or go with knotty pine in a satin finish. I suppose it’s either try to blend in, or make them stand out and look like they belong there.

He wants to get a larger TV. Probably a Sony 42” or 46”. It’ll have to get moved towards the left and dropped some.

I’m going to cheat and order him the EP400. It would be cool if I can get that in Teak. That’s what all his wood furniture is. It’s all hand carved stuff he brought back from Thailand.

The speakers aren’t really for kick but movie experiences, but for music when he has one of his house parties. It’ll be interesting to see how much sound these little fellers put out.

I am thinking in a room of that size the Accents are going to be underwhelming.

My thoughts exactly. My buddy isn't an audiophile or even an avid listener for that matter. He doesn't even spend much time at home. He has his own engineering firm and it keeps him moving all over the state, country and Canada. Plus, he just likes to travel. He probably spends three-four months a year on vacation in addition to his business travels. Considering that I probably spend more time in his house than he does, it’s pretty hard for me to give him too much crap about his A/V system.