Axiom M100 v4 speakers

[Ken1953]

• Anyone have a opinion on these speakers. I have the Denon AVR5200 receiver so can switch to 4 ohms if necessary.

 

[JohnnieB]

Hey Ken, I've never heard the Axiom's. They don't get a lot of love on this forum. They post some pretty good looking freq responses, but overall, I've seen mixed reviews. Website says free shipping and 30 day inhome trial. If thats to the lower 48, it might be worth a listen.
A couple options in that price range. Philharmonic Slim Towers and Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers. Both have a RAAL tweeter which I have in my Ascends, and find it to be a simply stunning tweeter. The other big selling point to me was real wood. Solid bamboo on the Ascends and wood veneer on the Phils. Axioms are a vinyl wrap. I think you will find either of the two will be an easier load on your amp section as well.
Happy hunting.

 

[gene]

Do NOT set the impedance switch on your Denon to 4 ohms EVEN if you use 4 ohm speakers like the Axioms.

Here is why:
http://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/impedance-selector-switch-1

Here are our test results on the Denon AVR-X5200W in the 8 ohm and 4 ohm setting to show you why the low impedance setting is NOT a good thing.

http://www.audioholics.com/av-receiver-reviews/denon-avr-x5200w

This Internet Direct Speaker Comparison article should give you some info on how all of the ID speaker brands compare in terms of value, return policy, upgrade options, etc:

http://www.audioholics.com/how-to-shop/internet-direct-comparison

Here is a short comparison of the M80 vs M100 V4:
http://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/axiom-m80v4-and-m100v4-tower-speakers-preview

 

[PENG]

Do NOT set the impedance switch on your Denon to 4 ohms EVEN if you use 4 ohm speakers like the Axioms.

Here is why:
http://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/impedance-selector-switch-1

Here are our test results on the Denon AVR-X5200W in the 8 ohm and 4 ohm setting to show you why the low impedance setting is NOT a good thing.

http://www.audioholics.com/av-receiver-reviews/denon-avr-x5200w

This Internet Direct Speaker Comparison article should give you some info on how all of the ID speaker brands compare in terms of value, return policy, upgrade options, etc:

http://www.audioholics.com/how-to-shop/internet-direct-comparison

Gene, I know this is not the right thread but I just got too curious about the freq response plots in the X5200W review. I didn't quite notice this when I read that review thread. When I looked at it again now, I highly suspect the graphs had the "no Audyssey" (pink) and with Audyssey (green) reversed. I have run Audyssey many times and I have never seen Audyssey messing things up that bad. Could you double check to see if the labels were in fact reversed?

I do realize if the two curves were labelled wrong, then the blue one must have been for DEQ on but ith front bypassed since they have the same shape except for the LF/HF boost, so my supposition is probably wrong because the chance for you to have a double error should be next to zero, but then I really wonder why you got such poor results with Audyssey.

 

[gene]

Gene, I know this is not the right thread but I just got too curious about the freq response plots in the X5200W review. I didn't quite notice this when I read that review thread. When I looked at it again now, I highly suspect the graphs had the "no Audyssey" (pink) and with Audyssey (green) reversed. I have run Audyssey many times and I have never seen Audyssey messing things up that bad. Could you double check to see if the labels were in fact reversed?

I do realize if the two curves were labelled wrong, then the blue one must have been for DEQ on but ith front bypassed since they have the same shape except for the LF/HF boost, so my supposition is probably wrong because the chance for you to have a double error should be next to zero, but then I really wonder why you got such poor results with Audyssey.

No the graphs are correct. You can see the Audyssey and Audyssey with Dynamic EQ graphs are louder than the graph with no EQ. I never seen such a rise in level before with Audyssey either. You could clearly hear how much louder it was too. It was a disappointing result to say the least.

 

[PENG]

No the graphs are correct. You can see the Audyssey and Audyssey with Dynamic EQ graphs are louder than the graph with no EQ. I never seen such a rise in level before with Audyssey either. You could clearly hear how much louder it was too. It was a disappointing result to say the least.

Thanks, I was hoping for an explanation but I guess in this case it remains a mystery.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Dear OP,
You can do so much better than Axiom speakers...
Whats the budget, room size, typical use?

 

[gene]

Thanks, I was hoping for an explanation but I guess in this case it remains a mystery.

The explanation is Audyssey is often unpredictable and results vary depending on how the system interacts with the speakers and room interface and where you measure the results. EQing above the room transition frequency (300Hz) is a tricky proposition. I didn't have optimal sub placement for this test so I'm sure that didn't help either. My focus on this review wasn't to test Audyssey but to test Atmos and how Audyssey interacted with the Atmos upfiring speakers. The Atmos upfiring speakers in my test sucked with our without Audyssey but Audyssey did seem to make them suck just a little less in this case.