hi there
im interested in getting into the axiom line of speakers, and after all the good things that have been written, i feel fairly confident in my approach. however, getting some feedback from some owners who listen to the type of music i listen to would be great, any advice on what i'm doing right or wrong would also be much appreciated.
to start with, i primarily listen to electronic/idm music, for those that don't know this is basically layered synth music for the 21st century, artists like aphex twin and autechre are the key ones that come to mind. most of the music consists of layers of synth music, some slow and melodic and some very fast and detailed. this obviously makes for complicated music to reproduce.
i first wanted a pair of towers and looked around for something suitable, after auditioning several brands including axiom (m40ti's also nht/energy/psb) and comparing to a sub/bookshelf combo (m3ti's and ep125) and the sub/book combo seemed to appeal to me better. i can nail it down to quality of the mids and highs from the m3ti and of course, that atmosphere created by a sub in the sub-100 Hz area.....it was music to my ears. now you may think, well there you go...go buy your book/sub combo...well i would except axiom has made it more difficult (or easier, depending who you ask!)....theres the m22ti and the ep175...for the sub, it seems easy..larger driver, more bass, and more usable bass to a lower frequency...ok got that part. now for the m22ti vs m3ti...i listened to both and can't really decide....i didn't get a chance to listen for long...and i'd really appreciate someone's feedback who listens to this kind of music because as i said the music can be choppy and fast or slow groovy/bassy and melodic. also i do have other musical tastes too, like piano-based and rock stuff....so its hard to decide on which speaker would be better for all...i'd appreciate any opinions on versatility of the m3ti against the m22ti
lastly, i do actually own paradigm atoms already, is the m3ti a significant step up sonically from the atoms?? has anyone directly compared the two...the nrc test results from soundstage seem to indicate little difference...has anyone used an axiom sub with atoms, by any chance? whats your feeling?
also, i'd like anyone's opinion on book/sub combo for 2 channel music listening? any tips?
lastly, the other speakers i'm looking at are the energy c3's and the psb image 2b's?? has anyone compared axiom's books to these? what did you end up buying?
thanks for all your advice....
