Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Axioms detailed? Sibilant?

Are the Axioms a very detailed speaker? Do they ever get sibilant at all?

Very detailed? Yes.
Sibilant? Depends entirely on the quality of the recording.

Axioms are very revealing speakers. Garbage in, garbage out.

Very accurate, detailed, and some of the best sounding speakers I've ever heard or auditioned. I'll probably be an Axiom owner forever, as long as the company keeps getting it right.

The speakers are not sibilant in the least. The onlly mention I have heard of sibilance is a thread buried somewhere in th e forum (search on "sibilance") from quite a few months back. If I remember correctly (like THAT ever happens anymore ), the sibilance was slight and the resolution was entirely resolved by repostioning the VP150 a few inches forward or backward in relation to the M60 fronts. Long story short - sibilance is a non-issue.

If you want a feel for the M60s, go listen to some B&W 703s - they are virtually identical (703s are 3X the price of the M60s). You won't find anything to listen to similar to the QS8s - nothing even approaches this fabulous animal.

To underscore Randy's point - Axiom just gets it right.

Axioms are often described as detailed, clear, even "bright". I've never heard artificial sibilance.

By contrast on my old vinyl LPs I often heard sibilance. Speakers: Pioneer HPM-100 (similar to JBL L-100). I assume it was the vinyl or the Shure V15 cartridge.

On the exact same CD albums and Axiom speakers I don't hear that.

I dont mind detail and forward sounding speakers, thats what I prefer, but I cant stand sibilance. I was thinking of purchasing the Axiom M60, the Ascend 340 and the Swan 6.1s and keep the one I like the best. I will also try to see if I can get my hands on a Nautilus 804. If any of you know people that wouldnt mind me auditioning any of thsese speakers in the Chicagoland area please let me know. Thanks.

I live in Il.about 50 miles south of Chicago.If you would like to hear a set of M80s PM me.They are in a 2.1 set up with a HSU STF 3.

Thanks a lot. I will pm you.

Sounds good.

What I do get in my basement is occasional "peaking" of a specific frequency at loud volumes. This usual happens on the high end of the scale during a guitar solo. I like the high end being detailed on the M60s but this little issue means having to limit the volume. I have tried to find the specific freqency range with the Denon 3805 parametric equalizer but no luck so far.

I know this is probably a room issue, but I have lot's of furniture in there including bookcases, couches etc and I'm not ready to spend hundreds on room treatments.

Any thoughts on possible cures guys???