Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Are Axioms bright?

>>I am actually in brantford (Alan, How many people email you questions from brantford?) so there is someone nearby that have the M80s, but they are out of my price range, and appear to sound different from Alan's description.

I'm in the Toronto area (a bit on the other side from Brantford) and have both M40s and M60s if you want to hear them. The 50s apparently sound somewhere in between...

Believe it or not I have never actually A/B'ed the 40s and 60s. I did A/B my M2s and M60s with a borrowed pair of M3s and was surprised how SMALL the difference was between them.

JB

Bridgman where exactally are you? My parents live near Oshawa, so I come through there often.

bflat

Hello I am very new here BUT I thought I would add my .02 here so to speak. I just recently as this past weekend got to hear the M80's, M3's, VP150, and the QS8's and the sound was anything but "BRIGHT". In fact, I would describe the sound and very natural and accurate. That is, the sound is totally uncolored especially in the mid-range voices. I actually love the sound and as a result will be an Axiom owner in the very near future. The build quality is top notch and the speakers sound as good as they look. Funny thing is the QS8's look a lot bigger on the website but boy they sure are built like a tank. The M3's looked bigger than they do on the website. Likewise, the VP150 surely has some weight to it as do the QS8's. All in all, I left very impressed and the Master and Commander scene not only made me feel like I was right there in the middle of the action BUT it was absolutely breath taking. The EP500 is truly amazing. Hope this helps. Good luck in your decision.

Wow. That sentence really has the possibility of pissing me off--as a red headed owner of M50s.

I'm very satisfied with the M50s in comparison with the 60s, 80s, and 22s. They're as Alan describes, but it's not really that noticeably different, unless you're doing immediate A/Bs. I was in a similar position--can't quite afford M60s, certainly not M80s, but I wanted Axioms, so 50s it was.

They have a few Axiom models on display and can be listened to.

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Saturn

Dude, that's your natural hair color, Peter told me you were a natural California Blonde. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with the 50's, that is for sure...

I would not call my M3's laid back nor bright but balanced. A friend on the boards brought his M22's over and we listened to them back and forth. I wouldn't call the M22's bright either but they did have a little more forward sound in the midrange. But he had to couple his speakers with a sub at all times while I don't.



(I do lust for a pair of M60's however )

I'm only 40 minutes or so away in Burlington...

M60
VP150
QS8
HSU VTF-3 MK2

Take a look at the Axiom frequency response curves and tell me what is "bright" about them??

I thought that the frequency response curves looked good, and was suprised that they were even published by the company. Most response curves I found were done by third parties. I was just asking if Axioms are "bright" in a way that I would like, instead of all the negative "bright" comments I read at AVS forum. Not having ever heard Axiom speakers (yet), I can't really comment on how they sound. But I don't like a "warm" speaker, so... I probably will like the axioms based on peoples comments in this thread.

Thanks

Hay, I sent you a privite message.

PS> I did not mean to offend anyone with the red headed stepchild comment.