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As Alan Lofft claims, price doesn't matter so feel free to directly compare regardless of how expensive the competitor speakers are... just as long as you do it blind so you don't prefer the "prettier" speaker :D If we are talking esoteric off the wall designs, I'd agree with Alan but if we...

Good points and thanks for raising them. It's interesting to hear people's concerns about positive reviews vs advertising. Part of the struggle we've always faced with Axiom and a few other brands is that they felt our reviewers were NEVER positive enough. This is why they never linked up...

Let me be clear and state I feel Axiom is a very solid company that offers incredibly good customer support and service. I feel most of their products are good though IMO they've lately fallen behind the competition in some areas. The position they've conveyed to me on my numerous visits to...

Velodyne upper end products have NEVER been about value. These are sold through the customer install channels for a reason. The retail price of the DD-15 and DD-15+ is pretty much the same. Considering that the DD-15+ offers significant performance advantages over the previous model, I'd say...

Danny does dabble in some of the esoterics but man the guy really knows a lot about loudspeaker design. I must admit I misjudged him years ago when we wrote our articles about driver break in and he came here to rail on us. I think the VP180 would be a significant improvement over the VP150...

Except for their misunderstanding on comb filtering, declaring victory on their blind tests of their products vs their competitors using their own trained listeners familiar with the sonics of their speakers, their employees claiming their speakers are "similarly good" to price no object...

Stick with what you have and just stack a 1010-SE/R sub under each speaker :D

I hope your joking b/c making a statement like this and meaning it on this forum will get you banner for sure. :eek: Lady Gaga is a no talent assclown that makes a career out of ripping off Madonna and any other notable artist that suits her needs. She is the epitome of the dumbing down of...

There is a reason Axiom is the only loudspeaker company producing a TwwwT center channel speaker. The extreme lobing it causes is typically an unwanted characteristic of good loudspeaker design. We will be discussing some of this in our up and coming article.

Interesting article, thanks Wayde. I do find it interesting however that iPhone and Blackberry both advise against putting their phones directly against your head. The Blackberry states a safe minimum distance of 1" while the iPhone states .2". This is how they can pass FCC limits of "safe"...

That's a real shame b/c the Verus line has some of the highest quality components we've seen in an ID loudspeaker company.

The 4 ohm dips shouldn't be much of a problem for you, especially since they occur above 80Hz and the speakers are relatively very efficient. We found these to be one of the best available speakers sold internet direct for what its worth though I'd consider a sub from SVS or HSU if you looking...

This has already been done in these articles: Crossover: Brains of your Loudspeaker and this: Crossover: Brains of your Loudspeaker Part II In a nutshell, its usually impractical to use an air core on a woofer b/c the value is too large and would require thick wire which makes the...

Yep that's an older cabinet and a budget product which is discontinued that could certainly benefit from what you did. Smaller cabinets typically don't need much bracing since the panel length is so small and resonance is higher but what you did can help. Again this exemplifies why what is...

I am not implicating any brands in this article nor am I bashing any. Instead I am praising those that go the extra mile to delivering a true high performance speaker.

Last year when I hosted our $1k Floorstanding Speaker Faceoff, both myself and Clint were able to identify the speakers after only a few short listening trials. Each brand typically has a defined sonic signature that a trained listener can identify. Imagine being around speakers you build all...

This thread at AVS Forum has inspired me to co-author a new article with Paul Apollonio about Loudspeakers titled: Loudspeakers: Is Your Favorite Manufacturer Cutting Costs? In it I will be discussing the benefits of using higher quality drive units, crossovers and bracing and the importance...

Sorry guys, our forum only allows 10 options in a poll so I went with the brands most folks here are familiar with. I meant to disrespect to Ascends, Salk or others not mentioned in the polling options. As enough data is gathered, I will pick the top 3 to assign near future speaker reviews...

We'd like to get your opinion on who you feel makes the best built and best sounding loudspeakers in consumer audio. Your opinion should be based primarily on sound quality followed by build quality and durability. This choice should be based on the overall product line of a particular company...

It's important to realize that just b/c a company spends tons of $$$ on research, doesn't mean that the benefits of that research gets directly dumped back into their products, particularly their consumer audio loudspeakers.