Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Balanced XLR cables

It should have already been released, but NAD decided to upgrade it from HDMI 1.2a to 1.3 at the last minute. They are saying late August or later now. I suspect it will not be available till around the end of the year. If I buy the A-1400, I plan to use Axiom's lay-a-way plan which will give me a year to pay it off, but still lock into the pre-order price (I think). I suspect the 30 day trial will still apply after it is received. I want to make sure that whatever pre/pro I go with has some user hours logged on it to make sure the dam thing works right. I'm fed up with promises and lip service from the manufacture that firmware updates will resolve all issues. Considering that, I won’t be buying a pre/pro for at least six months.

You have more patience than I do. I always feel like I'm spending way too long getting the gear together. I want to be onto working on the room already, so I'll be happy when my equipment purchases are taken care of.

The amplifier I'll be able to use for a long time. I know the pre-pro will be replaced probably in a couple years, knowing me, so I'm not as worried about that. I'm hoping the amplifier comes with a nice long warranty, even if it won't be 20 years like some people's.

I have learned patience as a result of owning 5 different receivers within the last 24 months, and have had problems with every stinking one of them.

I will live with what I have now until I know for certain that its replacement will work – as advertised. So far, the least problematic one is this little Yamaha, V661, but it has a couple traits that are driving me nuts… But it’ll hold me over for a while yet.

A 20 year warrantee is very impressive, provided the company has the resources to honer it. If it’s a small company with one guy doing all the work, what happens if he/she gets hit by a bus or he files chapter 11?

What were most annoying shortcomings you encountered in the receivers? In my own extremely limited experience, it's mainly been about wanting it to handle the newest sound formats as well as have enough HDMI inputs, and it feels like it's underpowered. It just doesn't sound as good as I think it should at higher volumes. That's why I'm going with separates. Maybe the Emotiva LPA-1 really is all I'll ever need, but I'm trying to make my purchases as meaningful as possible, so even if it's more than I need, at least I won't have to wonder. Plus, I like the slim profile of the Axiom amp and that it runs cool. There's a bit of finger-crossing with both it and the upcoming Integra, but I haven't been bitten with the handful of receivers I've had, so maybe I'm not being as careful as I should be. I suppose I'll be the guy whose corpse warns you of danger.

I got my XLR cables from Cobalt Cables. I found I was getting a slight hum from my sub (ep600) and the LXR knocked it out. I like to so much, especially the way they locked in place I ordered the same for the front three speakers (meaning connections between the amp and receiver).

I'm getting a slight hum from the EP600, too. I'm glad to hear the XLR got rid of that.

We went from Parts Express to Part Sexpress.

I was referring to my femur. Geez, is your mind always in the gutter?

Oh, come on. We all know that would be an overestimation of the length of your femur.