Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Just got back from listening...

I stopped in at Sound Factor, Magnolia, and AV City. All within 2 blocks of eachother on Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. (Damn, it's nice living in LA)

Magnolia is brand new. It's like a high end Good Guys. Very corporate, but really well layed out, with all the top stuff. Sound Factor is a little place. Depends on who helps you what the "snob" factore will be. I was helped by a younger asian guy. He was very helpful, and not a snob at all. I did indeed mention my Axioms, but they didn't really say anything good or bad. Finally I stopped by AV City. Again, they were very helpful. Not snobs at all.

Sound Factor and AV City are going to let me bring my M60's into their stores and A/B them against their products. When my brother is ready to buy, I'm taking them up on their offer. I'd really like to know how the M60's will stack up against the B&W 704's, NHT ST4's, and Theil CS1.6's. I'm sure in the end, my brother is going to end up with one of those speakers. (Probably the M60's because they are such a great value, or the NHT's because he'll like their finish better, and they're still a decent value.)

So you're gonna toss one M60 in your trunk and the other in the back seat, then?

My back seats fold down. I can lay both in the trunk, and they'll fit. (Love my A4!)

Make sure you watch them hook the Axioms up to assure they connect them in phase, otherwise, they'll sound like crap.

Heh - test them this week - we're all dieing to know how they stack up!

I need to wait for my brother to be here. I may be able to do it the weekend of Nov 7th. He'll be busy looking for an apartment, but we may be able to squeeze a couple hours of "fun" time in.

Spiff, if you want a "real" wood finish on your M60s (we are talking about veneers here) why not take it to someone who does custom woodworking or cabinetry? You may need them to also make some new grills, but I'm sure that wouldn't be a problem either. I wonder how much that might cost?

I just assumed that would cost a fortune and perhaps change the sound of the speaker. Am I wrong?

As long as the internal and external dimensions stay the same, it should not change the sound of the speaker.

I am actually toying with the idea of getting my speakers refinished.

I think I'll just keep my Axioms as is.