Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Good quality Pics of all finishes

Or give him an epic 80/800 7.4 surround system in a real wood finish of his choice as payment

And a room to put it in, right?

Well what good is a room if it isn't attached to a luxury 6500 SF home?

I agree, I had a hard time deciding what I wanted in the finish as well. I do agree though that even if they took super pro pictures with the proper backgrounds and what not, they still would get complaints... Not everyone has the same monitor settings, etc. It's easy to say they should take pics of any speakers they do that they don't have pictures of already, but then that delays the shipment and we all know the guy waiting wants his stuff now. It may be different with vinyl where they probably do one speaker at a time, but I would imagine with the real wood stains, they do them all at once, step by step. Pictures also add another step of handling which can lead to scratches or other marks.

For a semi-recent real wood sample, I had the nice folks at Axiom use 3 different colors on the same board (vertically). Once I got it I put on my own semi- and high- gloss finishes (horizontally) to end up with a 9 sample grid. Scroll thru My HT pics, you'll see it.

Oh, I'll make it easy. PIC . As Randy said, no pic will do the real thing justice.

Scott

I have to agree that the samples are their best bet, though I do appreciate the new home offer!

As was said, the problem is that you can calibrate an image to get the color correct on the server end, but you can't control what everyone elses' monitors look like. And you know, lots of people will order a $7K system based on a photo and return it because they "thought it would be a little more/less orange/brown/yellow/red/dark/light". Then Axiom is eating enormous shipping costs.

Or, some people won't return them but they'll never quite be satisfied with the purchase either.

My guess is that most people would really only need 1-5 samples and, if I'm not mistaken, that cost is refunded when the samples are returned.

There's no substitute for seeing the actual wood with the actual stain with the actual gloss choice under YOUR lighting in YOUR home.

I too have heard that the cost is refunded when the samples are returned and a purchase is made.

Some pics for you of HG cherry...



Mine...

I love that room, Hay.....

I love those speakers