What everyone is overlooking is there is a reason why this speaker was designed in Canada by Canadians whether natural born or transplants and why the development took a couple of years. Follow along, now. While points that have been made by monkish and gt in a general sense have merit, they miss the point that the speaker has a Canadian voicing. Anyone who has been to Canada knows full well there is an accent, eh? And if you haven't but maybe have seen some interviews of Canadian born hockey players on ESPN, then you know what I mean. I'm sure Gene can confirm that Ian from Axiom has a district accent.
Well, Canadians, whether they want to admit it or not, find it a bit disconcerting dealing with the wide variety of American accents. They're constantly rewinding hockey programming. Trying to figure out what non-Canadian players are saying. The same with Neil Young, a Canadian, who seems to have become Americanized. No different with Steve Nash, the Laker's point guard. Even Celine Dion poses some small amount of difficulty.
So what they've done is to select drivers that while they may not meet your criteria of world class, are eminently suited to not only enhance the Canadian accent, but also make people who aren't from Canada sound as if they are. Now they can listen to a wide variety of music, watch all sorts of movies, and finally understand sports announcers that aren't native to their country.
