Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Understanding what I want

One thing is becoming very clear here. Given that I am reasonably close to Axiom, I really do need to go and audition the various options to see what appeals to me.

Either I will hear a big difference between the M60 and M80 or I won't etc. etc...

In the mean time, I can amuse myself by checking out the different Paradigms again.

I will let you all know how things turn out. Thanks again for all your help.

Fred

See if you can take out the Paradigms for a test run and take them with you to Axiom when you visit. I certainly can't speak for thier policy but I wouldn't be surprised if they would let you A/B both in their site as they are big promoters of the 'must compare in the exact same environment' rule. Ask first of course to be polite otherwise we will both get in trouble. heh heh.

They might be more eager to do this than the local Paradigm retailer allowing you to bring strange speakers there when other customers could hear.

My bet is that you will love both but Axiom's price can't be beat for something that is the same quality.

If I suddenly get banned from the board, I will know that that was a bad idea.

In thinking further, they may have a policy against this so as to never be accused of fudging a demo in their favor. I could understand that as well.

Either way, Axiom has that 30 return policy that allows you to take them home and demo them against as many speakers as you want. Like them, I'm confident you will keep them against anything you will find local in the same price range.

I think someone took there m80's to a local dealer and a/b'ed them with some paradigms. I remember reading something on the forums about it

That would have been Mojo and I. The dealer was very nice about it. I think he thought we would find the Paradigms to be sooo much better, when in fact we did not.

Actually, no banning required! We had a test done exactly like this two years ago where two friends brought in Paradigm speakers they had on loan. Debbie set up a proper blind listening test and not only did the two men go through it, so did lots of Axiom staff! We're always interested in things like that.

The factory is under a bit of renovation right now though so it's good to call first to book an appointment. That way we can at least dust the listening room for you!

Post deleted because, after consideration, it wasn't funny.

Ha ha, that made me laugh.

Oh my, dropped in here twice yesterday and I didn't even check my own post

Murph. I don't know that I will ever need to a/b Aioms to Paradigms. Reviews are universal in their agreement that Axioms (all of them) play well above their class. From what I heard when I auditioned the Paradigms, the Axiom 'sound' is right for me. For now I am trying to find speakers locally that will sound similar to various axioms so that I can get some idea of what level of speaker is best for me.

I am also 'killing time' as I don't have the $$ for speakers just yet. I picked up a new TV and computer just before Christmas (visa bill arrived yesterday) so I need to take some time to save more pennies.

No need to dust Amy, I'll feel right at home without it. I will definately call ahead to book.

Fred

Amazing what the lack of a comma can do for a sentence. It actually sounds like he's calling off a hit on Amie!
Or perhaps she's one of the good vampires.