Let me point this out. I'll repeat it again and again until folks get it. "Room correction", in my main room, brought out the best v2 could do. This included all my v2 which included the 600, M80, 150 and QS8. Without it, the v2 were blah but better in almost every respect than the Boses, Polks or Klipschs I tried in there.

Fast forward to v4. The "room correction" improvement is not as great, but it's there. No question for anyone who has heard it. This is the case with M100, M5, M50 and M3. I could live without it for the v4 with a bit of bass EQ but why would I when it sounds better?

I will also say all speakers I have heard in my living room could not play nice with it...until the active LFRs! This is what I absolutely did not expect. I wasn't even going to try them in the living room. There is absolutely zero correction required. ZERO...in my acoustically damned living room!!!

I now expect that when I place the active LFRs in the main room, they will not need "room correction". We shall see.

So what is there for folks to get? v4 is not v2. I have heard so many times from so many listeners that v4 is the same as v2 but just more bass or better treble. That is simply not true. The whole FOCing thing is different. They are better in every conceivable way.

The active LFRs are better yet because look at the listening window and sound power curves. Just look at them. Go compare them to every other Axiom. Go compare them to any other speaker if you can find the curves for other speakers.

Axiom 15 years ago is not the same Axiom as today. There have been many learnings on many fronts. The learning is not done.

So any Axiom customers out there who have old gear and are looking at today's speakers thinking "That looks like what I have", I agree but...it does not sound like what you have.

P.S. "FOCing thing" is Family of Curving thing.

Last edited by Mojo; 01/18/20 12:21 AM. Reason: Defined the FOCing thing
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