Axiom Home Page Forums Thread Like Summary - Real wood satin issues

My real wood satin speakers seem to have no protective poly on them. Has anyone notice this? Does yours have a protective coat?

Also I think what ever change in MDF/wherever is more prone to denting (new ones seem lighter) ... think this maybe related the speakers which arrived with severely crush corners. What have you observed?

Have to treat them with white glove care otherwise they scratch or worse ... to the point that I dust the speaker and the bottom of any object place on them before putting it down. Especially carefull not to side anything.

My vinyl ones were not a problem in either respect.

Well, I guess I’m just a clumsy oaf
It just seemed to me that these speaker are a bit more fragile then I expected.
But now that I know I’m taking more care.
I’m not stacking speaker on each other anymore without some sort of protection between them.

(also there is more grime around since the HT is not finished ... which doesn’t help)

Also think that Axiom needs to make some packing changes. I'd try two things:

1) tape the straps down so the FedEx guys don't use them as handles. Think they get stretched and fall off in transit. Especially for the bigger speakers.

2) Cut out the foam to relieve the pressure on the edges at the top and bottom of the speaker. Think the FedEx guys toss the smaller boxes and slide and drop the bigger ones off of trucks. When they land on an edge or corner the speakers edge/corner gets most of the impact even in the foam. If the edge didn't touch anything the impact would be spread over the surface to the speaker.