Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners QS8 and Paradigm

Zimm and Hogie,

Yes, my condolences line was a bit of a cheap shot. Funny, but I think I like throwing zingers at Bose because they are a triumph of marketing over sound quality. The first Bose I heard was the 901 in 1964 and since it was the first system to use a combination of direct and reflected radiation, it was very impressive at the time. No other speaker I'd heard did that, and it was more spacious sounding. It also used active equalization but the same rinky-dink paper-cone drivers that are used in most of the Boses now.

We all heard about Bose because they are brilliantly marketed, with millions going to ad campaigns. They aren't terrible, just rather colored and not musically accurate. One of their bookshelf models--I think it was the 201 or 301--was better than others in the line. You could manually swivel the tweeter and in our blind tests if you faced it forward, the speakers did quite well. When you turned the tweeter to face the side wall, the rankings went down.

Regards,

Well, when I think back to how much better of a speaker set up I could have gotten for all that $$ I spent, maybe I deserve the cheap shots, and I welcome them. The marketing was pretty damn clever, though. Quite a routine they had. Anybody remember a super store called 'Incredible Universe'?
On the other hand, you can imagine my ear to ear smile when I first lit up those 'digms....

I too, am a former Bose listener. I went from 201s to the M22s and now have M80s. It was the higher quality sound I got from the QS's and VP150, when I upgraded the surround system, compared the 201s that allowed me to get the Ok from my wife to get better mains, thus the M22s entered my life.

If I could get Studio 100s for the same price as the M80s I would have them as well, love the slightly smoother top end of the 100s compared to the M80s. It is only marginal but I notice it when I get to listen to 100s. You should find the Axioms to be a nearly perfect blend with them