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The change is subtle but easier on my wife's ears.

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See, the only one that uses the resistors is Chesseroo, and it's because of his wife... and by the very nature of her marrying him, that puts her sanity up for question.

J/K, Chess, you know that.

Bren R.

I'll take a look through the CDs I never listen to any more and see if anything jumps out. Probably Rod Stewart or somebody like that

Seriously, the problems seem to be with popular music recorded very hot. Not sure if the problem is that the mids are bumped up a bit (previous post) or if they are clipping the CD media (which sounds horrible and the Axioms will reproduce that horrible sound very accurately).

Truth is that I have never felt the Axioms were bright myself but have spent some time trying to understand why some people feel that way. My personal "can't stand it" is boomy bass.

I agree. I had the resistors sent out just in case and till this date have never had one inclination to use them. I've never felt they were bright myself, but there has been the rare occasion on a passage where I could see someone else calling them bright.

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Of course, if you like the sound of Cerwin-Vegas... god help your immortal soul, you'd have to "tweak" a set of Axioms by chewing out the tweeter, gluing modelling clay to the woofer and slipping a canvas bag over the speaker

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come on now bren.... Vega's aint that bad...

i will admit, the huge MX-400 towers i had before my axioms were a little flat on the mids and highs sounded like they were being tunneled thru a PVC pipe.. but, the LW-12 sub i have now is pretty decent. i in no way think it can compare with the SVS or HSU models, but for $200 bucks, it packs a hell of a good punch for a budget system.

i think when you make 'blanket' statements like that, you may unknowingly turn someone away from a company, when in fact that company may have some equipment worth having. i aint trying to say Vega is the best, but there sure are a lot worse out there..

bigjohn

i'm with you john. i have some older vega 3 way floor standers i dont use any more, i'm not ashamed to say i like them and don't plan on throwing them out. plus the orange rubber around the 10 inch woofer is cool looking.

I had a non-powered CV sub for a long time... not even sure what happened to it. Might have been the same model...

John, got any photos?

500- hey, i got some too. in fact, these were the first set of 'expensive' speakers i ever bought. it was 92-93, and i was newly stationed at FT Bragg, in N.C. these vega MX400's cost me $800 bucks for the pair. thats a lot considering the army was only paying me about $1100 a month back then. these suckas could play sooo loud, they would literally make you lose your balance. but, at the time i bought them i was 21 years old, and thats EXACTLY what i wanted them to do!!!



these are what the axioms replaced. i am hanging on to them to put in my bar/gameroom, whenever that gets finished. you can even see my old POS kenwood system on top.

mark- i took these real quick of my Vega LW-12 sub. and i got one of the back. its a 150watts.





it certainly isnt the 'best' in the world. but at the time, its all i could afford, and bigger and better are not too far around the corner.

bigjohn

Alanis Morrisette's first album "Jagged Little Pill" (?) is absolutely painful. Jane's Addiction "Ritual de lo Habitual" equally lousy. Hope that helps! hahahaha

John, the thing between me and Cerwin Vega is that they were the first speaker I knew by name... to me, CV was a top name in speakers, I'd throw it around in the schoolyard when I was 12 or so... "yeah, man... someday, I'm gonna have a kick-ass pair of Vega's, man..."

Then I heard a pair.

Then I knew why bro's friends used to laugh at me.

One of the local engineers and I used to have an inside joke - the rock bar he worked at was CV top to bottom, from the wedges to the bass bins - used to say "well, at least they sound the same out of the box as they do after they've had beer and puke dumped in them!"

Just an off-handed comment, John.. sorry if I offended.

Bren R.

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sorry if I offended

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naw, naw.. i wasnt offended.

i just think when you make such an aggressivly negative statement toward a particular manufacturer, it may cause someone on the fence of a purchase, to decide against that particular product. and like i was saying, i KNOW my sub cant compete against the bigger and more expensive SVS and HSU's. but, i have a fair amount of confidence, that if you lined up every $200-$250 sub, the LW-12 would blow them ALL out of the water. its good overall, but GREAT in its price range. and for someone that only has $200 to spend, it would be an excellent purchase. thats all i was trying to say.

you expressed your opinion, and i expressed mine. i aint angry, or offended. its all good.

bigjohn