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Yup, legendary. I'm going to listen to Tracy Chapman this evening.

Hey 2x6,

I got the song wrong. While Open Arms is a great sound and one of my favourites it’s the next track after “ Open Arms” on the greatest hits albums that has the drums I talked about., Sub City. Just re listening to it now.

The drum set is just awesome in this song and especially near the end when the drum set repeats that successive down beat. I bet the BATS light that section up!

https://open.spotify.com/track/7vHtxkGQDBrW3QvYKi9h2z?si=c8DrBQwYT6W1TNotLus4QQ&dl_branch=1

I first started following Axiom because I really liked their design philosophy, direct to consumer pricing, and because I believed what was being said on this board. It all made sense to me ... Back then the V2 was in its hey day and the people here were raving over them as being high-end speakers without the high-end price.

Roll the clock forward to V4 and for a while one would think that the V2 was terrible from the way some on the board bashed them comparing them to the new V4s. Granted I'm sure the V4 was a big improvement (from what has been said a lot of the improvements has to do with better imaging and dynamics) but how bad could they be ... I mean a few years earlier they were the greatest thing since talking pictures, sliced cheese, and Elvis ...

Anyway ... It make sense that the V2 is still a very good speaker and I'm glad that people still love them.


P.S. I'm sure if V5s came out someone would start trashing the old V4s ... but knowing these speakers the improvements are going to be subtle ... at least till a new format comes out to blow away two channel music.

2 channel, tubes, vinyl, reel to reel, the music will never die!

I think I may be the only one who bashes v2 when compared to v4. The v2 woke me up from my Bose 601 stupor. As I gained listening experience, I quickly realized what was missing with v2. V4 filled that gap nicely. V4 can't be made to sound any better nor should it. The Millenia dream is finally complete. Time for the next product family.

2x, gotta change with the times … sell the buggy whips and move into the new century …
Today it’s … multi channel, transistors, and SSD storage

in another 100 years or so (besides having to find another planet to live on) …

you’ll have upgraded to the new chip in the head sound system.
Once installed you’ll be able to see without seeing, hear without hearing, smell without smelling, touch without touching, and yes feel without feeling! You’ll be there just by thinking about it …

2 channel, tubes, vinyl, reel to reel, … humbug

Yeah, but it's not analog! New fangled digital can sound pretty good, but you'd have spend a good 6 figures to get a digital system that would sound almost as good as a well put together $35,000-50,000 tube/vinyl or tape system.

I'm sure Google, Facebook or Twitter would love to develop and install a nice wetware/chip. Of course. The music would still have an interior soundstage, and dreaming could result in some unintended high dollar Amazon purchases. You could even vote that way, of course schizophrenics should be allowed multiple votes.

Oh, I found a picture of the Michaura M66 speakers. Do those drivers look familiar? Twin 6.5" drivers, and a 0.75" titanium tweeter used in some earlier Axioms and their Merak sub-brand.

Yes, all that analog goodness but you gotta make sure it came off the original “digital” master … to be any good

Yup, Mr. Rrlev, that's true. Many LPS are cut from digital. The best recordings are cut from masters.

Mr. Mojo, Bose 601s? I auditioned them many years ago. Beautiful in piano black, they were a truly terrible speaker! Ended up grabbing a pair of Infinity Composition Overture IIIs. A really good sounding speaker. I kept reading about the Axiom M3Tis. So I took a chance and bought a pair back when they cost $275. Paired them with a 5 watt per channel SET tube amp and a little sub. I was shocked by the sound quality! Sold the Infinities, and, thanks to Axiom and tubes, fell down the audio rabbit hole!

Thanks Axiom for years of real music enjoyment!

PS, BTW Mr. Mojo, what exactly did you realize was missing from the M80v2s?