Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Very Confused...need advice on Speaker upgrade ($600)

Wow, those bottom Swans must be awesome since you can tri-wire/amp them!

Must be .I was just trying to show the difference in the quality of the two finishes.The black cherry is not to nice IMO.

I’ll definitely consider posting alternative suggestions to people asking for input based on them being “confused” ….again.

For the record, I do not own Rockets. I have Axioms. I have perfect vision too, so no, I’m not blind. Not fanatical about anything in particular either. I simply gave you another choice to consider, trying to be helpful within the budgetary guidelines you started this thread out with. This is the very first time I’ve ever heard of someone saying the Rockets are ugly. And as far as being bright, to the contrary, they are always considered less bright as Axioms. But I don’t own any, nor have I heard any. This is just what I’ve read – over and over. But I will have a chance to hear some this Friday and I might just post my take on this matter comparing them to my 80’s, but then again, I might not seeing how some folks have ‘unique’ ways of expressing their disagreement around here.

Maybe you just like the look of faux over real wood veneer? I don’t, although my Axioms are very nice looking speakers and the Swan look pretty nice. But then again, I don’t remember saying that I thought the Rockets looked better or worse than Swans, just that I thought they are a beautiful speaker?? Well, it’s all a personal choice anyway, and we all have that as well as opinions. How one chooses to express that is another matter though……….. Regardless of all this banter, I really do hope you enjoy your new speakers, and again, I did not intend to create any hard feelings.

I’ll be less inclined to participate in discussions of this nature in the future……that’s a certainty. I’m done and good luck to you sir.

Best regards……

The issue isn't that you suggested other brands. (Obviously, since we're all quite happy/excited to hear about his new Swans)

The issue is that you 1) posted your suggestion AFTER he announced his purchase and 2) dogged the speakers he chose.

Just not cool. That's all. Other speaker suggestions are ALWAYS welcome when someone is shopping around.

the rosewoods look nice. there was no real sense to this post i just noticed that i was the last to post on the 4 other categories so i wanted to complete it. lol

If we're voting on looks I'll go with the Rockets over all the others pictured in this thread. Not that I would ever buy any!

I'll make this the second time you hear someone say the Rockets are ugly. Maybe it's because I'm young but I think the Swans look a hell of a lot better than the Rockets do. I have no idea how either speaker sounds, but based off looks alone the Swans win in my book hands down.

The Axiom's aren't in the same league appearance wise as the other speakers but have a coolness and simplicity to them that I like. Kinda like NAD products.

Oh and none of those speakers looks nearly as good as the B&W's. Those are very nice looking speakers, although they should be for their price point.

Everyone, of course, is entitled to their opinion, but sometimes it depends on the photograph. I'm another who doesn't care for the pimple tweeters.



I DO agree with player8 on the attractive simplicity of the Axioms. I find them nice looking, IMHO.

In that picture I can better admire the craftmenship of the speaker but I guess it doesn't fit my "ideal" of what a speaker should look like. I think I have a psychological bias that says any company who tries that hard to make a speaker draw that much attention to itself couldn't sound to great. I'm not quite sure if that reasoning makes sense or not, but I still don't care for the look (despite admiring the quality of the finish).

And yes the quality of the pic does make a difference on interpretation.

Actually, MDrew, I'd like to apologize on this one...

You crapped on his speaker choice and I crapped on you, then -I- went on to poke fun at the aesthetics of them, kind of the pot calling the kettle black there.

I meant no harm, of course, but putting a guy waiting for his purchase on the defensive about his speakers looking like canoes was probably in bad taste.

At least I didn't FedEx him a paddle.

Bren R.