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Mike, he took a shot. Trust Craig's opinion and mine.

Mike, I understand. You don't care that "Gene" has ripped into Axiom for over a decade. You are entitled to not pay attention.

Those of us who have paid attention know better.

If someone deliberately went after YOUR livelihood for over a decade, you would not mind, correct?

A lot of us know the agenda on Audioholics. This is why this thread was created.

Sorry Mojo, I make my own decisions. I have met and chatted with Craig and think he has sound opinions, but will make my own judgement.

Hi Craig, as I said, I don't know the history, and perhaps there is more to this. But on this one item in isolation, I did not think it was a shot. As mentioned, I have respect for Ian and his work, and have for a long time. I have many acquaintances in my life that have chosen their own audio path, and I believe that they have that right.

As for my livelihood, well, being an engineer and in higher education, I am under constant scrutiny and inspection, I guess my 3 decades have taught me to work within political structures and agendas.

I consider it an insulation method that keeps me sane...well, depending upon the measuring stick used!

The first thing you learn in Decision Science is the quality of a decision (judgment) should be evaluated by the resources (data, people, time, etc) you had at the time of making that decision and the process you used to make the decision - not the results. Choosing to make a decision by considering an item in isolation, without preponderance of the available historical data, may lead to poor decision quality. Just sayin'...I run into this all the time at work BTW.

I'll posit here one doesn't even need the historical data for this particular matter. In fact, you said it Mike - Gene could very well have simply shown the cross-over without mentioning the brand but he didn't. That's a hint right there that all is not well and one is well-justified in deciding he took a shot. It doesn't mean that Gene may not be right, but he's definitely taking a shot.

Well, as my father always says....opinions are like assholes, everybody has one. Hope I didn't offend anyone.

You didn't offend me because I can vouch that I do indeed have an asshole.

Keep in mind once the particular site in question shows you the "ultimate crossover" they'll go and say the ultimate is none.

I mostly keep up on their content to see who is willing to sponsor them. They bash Onkyo all the time yet still have a link to the "greatest product" the newest Onkyo.

Not sure why they bash Onkyo. Onkyo has had manufacturing quality issues but their folks and products are very good. I trust onkyo over Denon and yamaha.

Gene provides a useful service but he ought to put the past behind him and see who one of the real heroes is in the audio world.

BBIH

I agree. The de Capo Reference 3A is a fantastic speaker which does not use a cross-over but rather the driver mechanically rolls off to the tweeter.

The Axiom M3 has a similar set up (1 cap and a resistor to protect the tweeter) and this minimalist cross-over is responsible for the M3s purity, IMHO.

The fewer 'things' in the signal path, the better.