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Hi Icehawk21,
I chatted with Ian, Axiom's designer, and what you were hearing is in fact quite accurate. At those temperatures, the effect of extreme cold on the Algonquins is a somewhat rolled-off bass and treble response, so your impression of them sounding "subdued" is quite accurate.
Ian remarked that after you play them for quite awhile, the voice coils should warm up and the frequency response should return to normal.
If there's a lot of snow around your hot tub, the absorption of snow is considerable, so the sound might also be affected.
Regards,
Alan Send some out west for testing. We're getting -45 Celsius with wind chill tonight. http://www.cbc.ca/weather/conditions.jsp?station=YWG
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We're already at -40 with windchill.
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I don't see how you guys survive that stuff. They must make clothes a lot warmer up there!
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We build igloos.
Walls and ceilings of ice: warm!
(the floors are made out of snow)
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I don't see how you guys survive that stuff. They must make clothes a lot warmer up there! Yeah, it's 50 degrees down here and I'm freezing my hoo-hoos off.
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I don't see how you guys survive that stuff. They must make clothes a lot warmer up there! Our beer has a higher alcohol content and tastes better, hence more consumption and more blubber 
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We build igloos.
Walls and ceilings of ice: warm!
(the floors are made out of snow) Yes, and sled dogs pull my wheelchair
The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.
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It's warmed up, only -17F (-27C) and the wind has dropped to near nothing!
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(Alan) Thanks for the Axiom reply and the description of my situation. I didn't sit in the hot tub long enough for them to warm up and sound better.
I have less snow around the hot tub after shovelling off my deck/patio for a couple of hours yesterday - just to get to my hot tub. But there is a lot of snow around the patio that might be affecting the sound.
I'm assuming by your reply, though, that I shouldn't worry about doing any damage to the speakers by playing them at such low temperatures - correct?
BTW - it is now -27 celsius with a wind chill down to -40 celsius. Perfect temperature to go jump in the hot tub and enjoy some tunes. Anyone in Calgary want to join?
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Yous guys are insane. In other news, we're finally getting a little rain!
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