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I was reading a post on Avsforum and some guy said that you can make bright speakers warmer by putting Felt pads around the tweeter. When I got home from work; I actually tried it and it actually works. It only took about 10min and its very inexpensive to do. I bought Felt pads at Home depot (7/8" in diameter) with adhesive side to it. I actually sliced off the adhesive side to make it thinner. I place the felt on top of the original felt of the tweeter and done.

The sound is muffled but in a good way. The detail is still there but less bright. I actually love the way it sounds. It sounds close to like the Rockets 750 sigs.

Note: The sound is very subjective; If you do this mod and don't like it; you can always remove it.

Peace.

Any chance of posting a picture? I am not sure where you mean.

Interesting topic....and yes your right, this is a very subjective. I don't hang at AVS as much as I used to, but before I got my Axiom's I heard everything from they are harsh, mechanical, bright.... I just don't hear that personally. I find my M60's to be very accurate and detailed with my Denon 2805 combination (which I also was told was a bright mechanical receiver) So in theory if that was true it should sound really bright and really harsh. NOT

Hmm, that's similar to what M&K does with their S-150 THX speakers. I've used everything from M&K, Def Tech, Martin Logan, Energy, Sonus Faber, Boston's, Vienna Acoustics, and even those little Radio Shack speakers that had the Lineaum tweeter, and I'll tell you it is not the speaker that is bright, it's what you have pushing the speaker that makes it bright. You can use any speaker with a Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer, HK, etc. receiver and have it sound bright and harsh. Get yourself a good seperate amp if you really want to remedy your speakers of that.

I don't think the Axioms sound bright at all. When I think of bright I think of Klipsch. I run my M80's on an Outlaw 755.

are you thinking,best buy klipsches,or all klipsches in general?some of their upper end series speakers do an incredible job at reproducing live sound,some of the most true to life ive heard on some jazz discs

Like I mentioned to the last guy who did a "M60's are too bright" post, double check the sound quality of the cds You are playing.................He said THAT turned out to be most of His problem.

Best Buy Klipsch. I should have been more specific.

I actually replaced all my burned cds. They sounded like garbage. I have all original ones now. I'm also running some SACD. Like I said this is a very subjective thing; what ever is bright to me might be warm to you guys. Besides this is a cheap fix and I can always take it off but I dont think I will. Just wanted to share an info.

Fair enough.........