Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Epic 60 in Seattle?

I'm living in Seattle, and I'm seriously thinking about
buying the Epic 60 system (although I'd upgrade the center speaker to the VP150). However, I've always been told that
I should never buy any audio equipment without hearing it
first and that's obviously a bit difficult with Axiom.

So, I was wondering if there is anybody living in the Seattle area who would be willing to showcase their system?

Also, I was wondering if anybody has input on whether I would be better off buying an Energy system (with C-9 front speakers). An energy system would not be more than $400 more and I was wondering if that would be a better buy?

ValiantSeattle,

In general, the advice about not buying before hearing is very good advice to follow. There are still plenty of internet-direct vendors out there who make and sell a shoddy product.

Axiom, however, is not one of those companies. I urge you to continue to try to find someone to audition the speakers; however, if you cannot find anyone, don't let that rule out the Axioms. As I'm sure you've gathered from your initial research, they are a great product from a fantastic company that really cares about their customers.

If in doubt, give them a call and speak to a real live person. It's much easier making a blind -- er, deaf -- internet purchase when you can talk to a human. And in the off chance that you do not like the speakers, remember about the return policy.

I own m22's and a VP150 center. I listened to C-5's and C-9's before purchasing my Axioms. We specifically went to a nearby HT store to listen to the C-5's, didn't like them much - sounded weak and tinny. The C-9's were *awesome* though. Seriously awesome. We prefered them over a last-year's Veritas 2.4 that was discounted to the same price. My wife really liked them and was pretty much ready to plunk down the $1,200 on the spot and knit sweaters for all of our friends and relatives for Christmas. I wanted to hear Axiom though. I used the same receiver at the store that I had at home, listening to the same CDs, unfortunately on a different brand of CD player, so that might affect things (I doubt it by much). The C-9's high's and mid's sound very similar to the m22's, but the bass of the C-9's simply blows them away. Take note, I'm comparing $400 bookshelves with $1,200 floor standers - I don't expect the m22's to have lots of bass. But the C-9's sound *beautiful* just on their own with no subwoofer. Since the mid-highs of m60's are identical to the m22, and the m60 has the two woofers, I'd wager that the m60 probably sounds pretty comparable to the C-9. That's only a guess, I've not heard m60's yet.