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I smell insider trading.

Ugh, robbed again. I guess you need multiple entries in order to have a chance.

See LT61 humour explanation below.

Nice descriptive name. Congrats to all.

Hoo-ray! I lose again.

Humor disclaimer:
The above is a joke, (notice the Graemlin) and contains no caps......for those who are upper case sesitive.

Woo hoo !!

Not only did I win (and yes, one could argue that insider information was used ), the numbering scheme hints strongly at a family of amplifiers.

I'm glad I held off on adding a power amp, although I still miss my old Marantz power amp with the nice meters. It's not clear that having a rack of power meters would really add anything to the home theater experience but it's nice to think about.

Congrats all. I had a feeling my logic would turn on me. Thinking they picked a "Name" for the M3 outdoors speaker. I didn't even give consideration to the fact they were based on a numbering scheme already...I though "No, a numbering scheme would be way too obvious...."

foiled again! Looks like Christmas before I get the QS8's

oh wow! This is a pleasant morning read...thanks for the gift Axiom!

I am pleased that I could be apart of the naming scheme for the new super powerful axiom amp.

I agree that a numbered scheme should be used as well. I like the name very much and the great thing about it is that it can be very easily adapted to other amps in the family.

(Perhaps, an A525-3? useful for 2 channel listening because of the amps design to utilize the full power on 2 channels, or for those that have a 5.1 system requiring a separate for the centre channel and mains it could be very usefull...) I can dare to dream...

I see what's going on. For such a high-end amp, Axiom is following the high-end naming trends of automobiles. The model names/numbers of most high-end cars look like an alphabet soup:

Mercedes S600, SLK, etc
BMW 545i, Z4, etc
Audi A8, TT, etc
Porsche 911
Acura RL, TL, CL etc
Lexus LS460
Infiniti G35

Contrast this with the low-to-moderate priced end of the spectrum, where most everything has a more traditional model name, even if it's made up: e.g. Corolla, Sentra, Fusion, Durango ...

So while the amp's name is not at all sexy or interesting, it will psychologically have some serious cachet that makes one take it seriously...