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*** Re: The Axiom 80 500s (7.1 setup) are not much more than my current Klipsch (7.1 setup) system. They must be comparable in performance. ***

Sorry, but you cannot justify that conclusion. Cost does not equal performance. This is where value enters the equation. Axiom speakers are an incredible value. The reviews are right when they say that Axioms outperform speakers costing twice as much (and more than twice as much in many instances).

As an internet sales-based company, Axiom does not have to ensure that Best Buy or Circuit City gets their share of the profit, so you and I get to save some serious cash.

The Klipsch speakers I heard years ago were very good. Back then I went with Cerwin-Vega. Now I'm an Axiom man for good.

Welcome to the forums. Hope you give the Axioms a spin!

Yep... Price does not equate to performance.

Craigsub compared the Axioms M80 with the Energy Veritas 2.4i, and they were very close despite being vastly different in price.

No, I'm not saying that Axiom speakers are cheap!

What I am saying is that I believe that most on this board look for the best value for their hard earned money. They investigated alternative speakers and decided that Axiom were the best value. I find no fault with that.

I don't know what $30,000 speakers sound like. I don't know that I could hear a difference between them and my Axioms. If I couldn't, I sure wouldn't be paying $30,000!!!!!

Now, if I had a $ Billion in the bank, I simply wouldn't care. I'd probably look for the high priced name.

Rat,
Have you taken the maximum price point poll yet then?

Granted, i agree that certain answers on these forums will vary signficantly from answers off of a forum where those who gather have a ton more free cash to spend and are willing to spend on pricey 'high end' audio junk.
Had some of these polls been placed on the Conrad Johnson or Wilson Audio forums, i'm sure one would see a huge jump in prices, component names, etc.

Some people are about finding performance for value. Some people are about features and performance regardless of cost and some are about nothing but how pricey and snooty looking it is.
I think most people tend to follow cheaper roads though. A good friend of mine just bought a very expensive house outside of Toronto (>6000 sq ft so we could say he's in the range of millions) and had a media room installed. He ended up with Paradigm speakers, but for all the cash he put into the house, these models were anything but high end. The room was built and parts suggested by a media room design company so he went with their suggestions. Oddly enough, they didn't suggest an overly priced setup, but i don't believe they got him the best performing units either.

No, I haven't taken that poll!

I wasn't around back then. And, I think your price point may be a bit relative depending on your current personal and financial situation.

I still think that most on this board are cost/ value concerned (and I might add more electronic oriented) and that would color the poll outcome.