Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Axiom M100 vs. Bryston Model T

I’m sure this has been discussed in the past.
Can someone steer me to the thread or give a summary on the differences? Super hard for me to justify spending almost double for the Bryston.
Has anyone done a side by side comparison?
Thx!

I've never seen a comparison.

The Model T is the more refined speaker. More refined sound power and listening window. Better bass...period. All this from available charts.

The Bryston has superior bracing compared to the M100. 8" woofers instead of 6.5".

If you hate subs, the Model T offers better musical performance.

Of course then there's the active LFR1100. Superior to the M100 and I know that from in-home experience. The active LFR1100 curves tell me it's superior to the Model T in every way except pounding bass performance. My dual 500s and 800 fix that! Moooooowaaahahahaha!!!!

Mojo ... I think you're looking for a better "new" when you already have top notch.
How much of that is looking for happiness by buying new toys v.s. improvement?
Don't get me wrong ... buying new toys is great fun as long as you can afford it ... just don't blow your future and/or retirement on it.

For myself, I'm going enjoy what I have once this update done (hopefully by winter end). Something earth shattering audio/video wise will need to happen after that to get me into full update mode again. Only replacement plans will be things I'm buying as placeholders while waiting for something better (the prepro and projector to be specific).

I can only go by what I hear.

The active LFR1100 is the absolute best speaker I've ever heard anywhere. I've also had a $40K pair in here that was frankly shameful and God knows I tried everything with it. Let's just say if I was the head of that company I'd ask just what the f$%k my R&D department was doing and I'd make a few changes including firing myself...LOL!

Having said all that, when I had them in my 1900 cu ft living room, the bass was so good I wept and wet myself many times. Unfortunately, they also got in their own way because soundstage width was narrow. Imaging was pristine though.

Downstairs in my 4200 cu ft space, they are 3D sonic holography in 4K. Soundstage is huge. And they are acoustically invisible. Unfortunately that bass sent from heaven is no longer. Don't get me wrong. It's still the best bass I've ever heard in this room and the only with no EQ. But I need support from twin 500s and the 800 and even then, it's no match for what I heard upstairs.

Now I bet if they had 8" woofers, I wouldn't be envious of Slimpikins and his Model T.

I'm happy but I could be happier and Axiom better be working on my next upgrade!

Speaking on Bryston's...Do they build Axiom's amps? I know they have an excellent reputation.

Hey, look at you. You're a handsome and happy young lad.

The amps are Axiom's design and they assemble them in-house. As for the DSPs, I dont know who designed them but those are also assembled in-house. I've been wondering if PS Audio is somehow involved.

What are you looking for improvement wise? What's missing?

The bass I had in my living room. I also want more soundstage width at lower volume. I'm solutioning but more off-axis drivers and 8" woofers.

McBlueMeters, you get a 20 year warranty with the Brystons. 5 year with Axiom. I don't think this matters practically though.

What does matter is the Axiom loyalty program. You can rack up discounts of up to 12%. And if you can wait 21 days, that's another 10%. And Ian is so damned generous, he sometimes gives double your loyalty discount so that's up to 24% + 10%. On top of that, you can upgrade by trading in. And he's quite generous with the trade-in value.

He'll give Mr.Tanner 8" woofers and a cabinet built as strong as a naval vessel but never LFRs or a loyalty club. Those are reserved for Axiomoes.

So you can buy the active LFR1100s today and enjoy 4K 3D imaging with no speakers to be heard anywhere up to 116dBC from 14 feet away, and when he introduces the active LFR1500s, you can upgrade to those for an 8K sonic bonanza!

I wonder what happened.