Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Triggered pulled - Active LFR-1100's are on order!

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I was on the facebook axiom enthusiast page when my antenna went up.
There was this guy, Mr Stevens, who claimed to be a A-LFR purchaser. A fifth buyer I never heard of ... but wait … those speakers look suspiciously familiar … Mr. Chase you had me going there for a minute …

This got me thinking about who would be likely to be an early adopter in A-LFR market. Given the cost of the A-LFR (including 10 channels of amplification), one would need to trust that Axiom was not just spewing marketing hype. Right now the A-LFR market is us.

At least until some “in the know” reviewer comes out with the thumbs up to give others the warm and fuzzy to purchase.

Right. It all boils down to trust and money.

Here is a pair in High Gloss white with the two ADA1500-1 and four ADA1500-2. The comment I got back was:

"I've listened to a whole lot of speakers, but THESE!!!, they nail it"

Wow, someone tell me the use case where you need more than one 1500 per speaker in what looks to be a living room. One case I can think of is the saving of using a stack of 1500s and DSPs to hold up your gear instead of a cabinet.


P.S. Must have gotten too high ... think there is an ADA missing from that stack ...

Rich ... it was my profile picture that got you, right?

Guys ... let's talk the relative performance of the passive and active LFR-1100'S.

A pair of Passive LFR-1100's and an ADA 1500-4 retails at $8310.

The Active LFR-1100'S and a pair of ADA 1000-5's retail at $8760.

The active package, for about the same money, will outperform the passive package in every way.

Yes, going with a more powerful amp will get a little more headroom, but the Active pacacke for $8760 will have better dynamics with 5 amp channels per speaker and no loss from the crossover.

Now we are looking at a speaker / amp package of incredible value.

When one considers that one can later trade a 1000 for a 1500 relatively easy, I cannot see a reason to get the passive package over the active package.

Put in simple terms, no speaker system currently available can match the overall performance of the $8760 active LFR-1100 package.

Read the professional reviews of the passive 1100's ... the actives are superior.

I do think a mistake is made telling people they "need" $7000 to $22,000 in amplification to get great performance.

The next step up in performance would be in understanding the three 6.5 inch woofers need the most power.

For this ... take the Actives ... a 1500-2 and a 1000-8 for $10,410 retail. The relative in box efficiencies of the mid range and tweeters make this a solid package, and also an easy upgrade later.

Yeah. I will be buying them. I have the trust. Now I need to scrape together the money.

I think those belong to 2x6. Rich, that's one of his eight bathrooms. The other 7 already have 5.2.4.

Did you notice there are 7 ADAs? One is in warm stand-by.