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Those are so beautiful! They should add those pics to the main website. The M3's in the custom cherry just disappear in your room. Nice job! 
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I really like that look! They just blend in.
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Hi,
Those are really gorgeous and blend in very well. Thanks for the picture. I'm amazed at how capable the M3s are in your huge room.
While I've never heard our bookshelf models installed in such a big room, it nevertheless doesn't surprise me that they're capable. When I do listening tests at the Axiom room (which is very typical living-room size), I sometimes crank up the speakers under test to see what the power handling is like and when the blind tests are over, I'm astonished to discover that what I was listening to was M22s or M3s with no subwoofer playing at volume levels that are way above the norm. Power handling has always been a major design criterion for Ian when he designs the Axiom speakers.
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Hi,
Those are really gorgeous and blend in very well. Thanks for the picture. I'm amazed at how capable the M3s are in your huge room.
While I've never heard our bookshelf models installed in such a big room, it nevertheless doesn't surprise me that they're capable. When I do listening tests at the Axiom room (which is very typical living-room size), I sometimes crank up the speakers under test to see what the power handling is like and when the blind tests are over, I'm astonished to discover that what I was listening to was M22s or M3s with no subwoofer playing at volume levels that are way above the norm. Power handling has always been a major design criterion for Ian when he designs the Axiom speakers.
Regards,
Alan Thats interesting that you say that. Audioholics did an article on power handling and in the torture tests they used samples from Axiom. This is a portion from the article. Upon inspection of the deceased, it became apparent why it took so much power to burn this speaker. The VC wire was wound on an Aluminum bobbin, which in turn was directly coupled to an aluminum cone. This combination of parts allowed much heat to be drawn away from the VC, keeping it cooler than almost all other 1” VC's of this height and size would be. Kudos to the designers at Axiom for an excellent design job. http://www.audioholics.com/education/lou...he-test-results
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A near perfect blend, looks perfect to me.
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glad to hear that the speakers are doing what you wanted... they blend in perfectly!
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One question though, from looking at the pictures, It looks like there's only 1-2" between the wall and the back of the speaker. Does that limited amount of clearance for the rear port affect the sound?
Axiom recommends 1 foot clearance for the rear ports...correct?
The reason I'm asking, is because I wanted to do the same thing but was worried I'd negatively affect the sound of the speakers.
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You don't have to use 1ft, not sure I've seen that recommendation. I've heard anything from 4-12" is fine, mine are about 8".
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With small bookshelf speakers the closer they get the better bass/room gain you achieve. Floorstanders are generally put farther away from a wall to decrease room gain/boomy effects, although I have my M80s 3-4" away and they sound fine with the XO over at 60hz and up.
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