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Posted By: cozmicharlie axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 04:25 PM
I was not sure if this was the correct place to post this but I wanted to show-off my custom Axiom grills. The service people at Axiom were great to work with and we could not have done it without them. The grills were hand made tie dye by Sam (Samantha) at Hard Truckers (hardtruckers.com). The Hard Truckers are ex-members of the Grateful Dead road crew that created the famous "wall of sound". They make custom speakers for rock bands (not home speakers) but I talked them into doing a custom tye die for my home Axiom speakers. I think they turned out great and the service people at Axiom were very helpful when it came time to mount the covers.

You can view the photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/swoskow/sets/72157603429070214

Thanks to all that helped!

Love my Axiom speakers
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/swoskow/2102900325/in/set-72157603429070214/[/img]
Posted By: Wid Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 04:56 PM

They look slick, I like em.
Posted By: cozmicharlie Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 05:34 PM
Thanks - I agree

The people at Axiom were so great at helping. They supplied the grids and were very willing to share the mounting technique. This is a great company and I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone. By the way - these speakers sound great. As you may have noticed I am a big Grateful Dead fan. When I play the Grateful Dead movie there is this great animated intro that just sounds fantastic on these speakers - I shake the entire neighborhood!

Thank you so much
Posted By: Ken.C Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 05:39 PM
That's sweet!
Posted By: Hutzal Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 05:47 PM
Those are sweet, but on the WAF they score a 0.0. \:D
Posted By: Ken.C Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 05:50 PM
Yup, I agree... at least my WAF.
Posted By: Hutzal Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 06:03 PM
Mine too.
Posted By: Murph Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 06:18 PM
At first I thought, man those are distracting for HT but they are cool and I bet after a few minutes of a good movie, you'd never notice....

Not for me, but I do think they are impressive.
Posted By: Worfzara Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 06:53 PM
Now just when you thought you've seen everything...

That is pretty cool, or should I say, far-out man!
Posted By: DaveG Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 07:02 PM
They look great.
Posted By: jakewash Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 07:19 PM
They don't do a thing for me, but I bet they make the speakers sound even better when watching that Grateful Dead movie or any 60's movie for that matter;\)
Posted By: tomtuttle Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 07:25 PM
Very creative! Great idea!
Posted By: jakewash Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 07:32 PM
I finally thought of the word I wanted insted of 'better'.

Those grilles would give late 60's early 70's movies that authentic sound, just like you were there, transporting you back to a bye-gone era.\:\)
Posted By: mastaplaya Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 07:42 PM
Yea man, you can almost see the sound! cool.

Very creative, nice work
Posted By: pmbuko Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 10:13 PM
Those are great!
Posted By: Amie Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 10:57 PM
Wow - fantastic! I love the character they add! Great idea!
Posted By: RickF Re: axiom custom grills - 12/11/07 11:10 PM
Probably in a typically sedately painted room, such as what you had prior to the custom grills I'd say they would more than likely look out of place *but* with the bright turquoise(?) paint on the walls and ceiling(??) ... along with the awesome wood flooring and bright white baseboards these guys look like they belong ... great job and what about a custom paint job on the speaker cabinets, is that a future project? \:\)

I like 'em also.
Posted By: HAY Re: axiom custom grills - 12/12/07 05:07 AM
That's really original and pretty cool. I like the Center best.

Posted By: St_PatGuy Re: axiom custom grills - 12/12/07 05:37 AM
Those work surprisingly well in that room. Sure, they're probably not for everyone, but what a breath of fresh air! I like how lively they are. Certainly adds some life to what is normally the most boring aspect of a speaker.

Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: BrenR Re: axiom custom grills - 12/12/07 08:15 AM
How's the acid-cid-cid-cid-daci-dac-idac-icad-ic....

Again, not to my tastes... but what the hell, if it's your thing... great look!

Bren R.
Posted By: SirQuack Re: axiom custom grills - 12/12/07 06:25 PM
"Who is it?"

"Its Dave man! Will you open up, I got the stuff with me!"

"Who?"

"Dave man, open up!"

"Dave?"

"Yeah Dave, come on man open up I think the cops saw me!"

"Dave's not here!"
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