Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
These are great BOOKSHELF speakers. They're not designed to cover the full spectrum of human hearing. They concentrate on 60HZ and higher and sound crystal clear in that range. Great soundstage, great presence. Shortly after I bought mine I picked up a used Velodyne HGS-12 sub (manufactured 10/2000-post hum era) on eBay and set the crossover at 60HZ. Suffice it to say, I'm now hunting for a quality amp to do them justice. My Yamaha 1400 will be relegated to theatre processing. Versatility of these speakers is outstanding. If you want excellent speakers for movies and music and have a quality sub, it's hard to beat these for the money. I've heard replacing the crossovers in these speakers really sets them free-I haven't done that -yet.

Price Paid:  $500.00 from factory direct

Summary:

I really wanted to love these speakers. After reading all the rave reviews, I was expecting greatness. Sadly, they have gone back in the box and are on their way back to the factory.

Immediately upon opening the box, they felt way to light. They are reasonably well built, but I worried they would be knocked over easily with their height (19 inches). Another thing that bugged me was that the tweeter would be much higher than ear level on my standard stands.

Anyways, I plugged them in and gave a listen. Two things were evident:

1. The imaging was incredible with tracks that had a lot of highs.

2. The midrange was there, but barely. I called Axiom and they told me it should be huge. It was all set up right, but the mids were just boring.

I left them running day after day to break them in, but they sounded exactly the same. I had some friends over and they all agreed.

In case you are wondering, I had them hooked up with a Denon amp and a good 10" sub, trying the crossover at 60, 80 and 100.

They claim they sound as good as any $1000 speaker, so I tried them vs a pair of NHT Classic 3s. Whammo, amazing sound, fantastic mids, great looking, solid build. So I bought the NHTs. Very happy.

Strengths:

Tremendous highs
Customer service
Free Shipping
No questions asked returns

Weaknesses:

Mids are boring.
Bass nonexistent
Normal stands raise the tweeter too high
So so construction

Similar Products Used:

B&W 602
NHT Classic 3

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Price Paid:  $500.00 from axiomaudio.com

Summary:
I have previously submitted a review on these speakers and it appears I was a little hasty. 1 year on and I'm actually thinking of purchasing a complete 7.1 axiom loudspeaker system. These speakers definately need breaking in. I also think it might take a little time to adjust to the unusual degree of transparency of these speakers. My previous adjectives of 'harsh' and 'over bright' are not true after a bit of time is allowed for them to break in.

If you are thinking of purchasing these speakers I would definately recommend them, after all you have a 30-day money back guarantee to give you a no risk opportunity to try them out on your own system and in your own listening room. Which is more appealing than buying from a hi-fi store, where you are seldom offered this chance.

You will need a sub though! I don't think thats a bad thing. I like to think that it means more effort has gone into producing better quality top-end. I'm still amazed to this day by the amount of new detail I can pick out of my favourtie tunes!

Strengths:
Clairty, very neutral, imaging, enveloping. Looks and build quality. Their ability to produce extremly natural sounding dialogue (would work well as a centre speaker).

Weaknesses:
None

Price Paid:  $400.00 from axiom

Summary:
I too fell for the hype on these speakers figuring I could get more bang for the buck via internet direct. Bougt the whole setup 60`s, vp150, qs8 and m22`s. Not impressed at all!!! The vp150 was decent and the qs8`s were very nice surrounds. The axiom m22 and 60`s were not good. I had a speaker shootout with a fellow axiom owner. They fell to last place vs Klipsch klf-20`s and Jbl stio 312`s. They were very lifeless and my friend was very upset. Needless to say they are no longer in my system or his. They r great speakers appearance wise and definately the nicest looking I`ve had. Just a real dissapointment if u A/B vs other speakers out there.

Strengths:
Appearance

Weaknesses:
Very lifeless and not sure if they live up to their specs.

Similar Products Used:
Streem,JBL,Klipsch,Paradigm

Price Paid:  $250.00 from internet

Summary:
I don;t know how everyone here give it 5 starts. Purely hype, I bought the "hype" but luckly I did not buy new. I got used one for $250.
The speaker likes nice. That is the only thing I like it. It sounds dull and dry. The high is not extended, the mid is dry. You must listen and compare it to others before you buy into this speaker.


If you are look at bookself speakers for $400-$500 range, there are used Tannoy system 800, B&W 603&604s, and little higher you pay you can get Sonus Fabor concetino for $600-$700, like to them before you buy this speaker.

Strengths:
looks

Weaknesses:
dry and dull sound

Similar Products Used:
Tannoy system 600 &800, B&W 603&604s, Spendor 3/5, and l Sonus Fabor concetino, once you listen to all these , you know Axiom is not worth the money.