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I was wondering if anyone still has last months newsletter. I can't seem to find it on the website.
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I was wondering if anyone still has last months newsletter. I can't seem to find it on the website.
Thanxs, Craig
Didn’t know how to make an attachment here. I also sent it to your email address as an HTML attachment.
Dean
Axiom AudioFile Newsletter January 2007
Message from Ian:
As promised, a number of changes are happening at Axiom as a result of extended research in our lab and intensive reprogramming of our site. Your requests help drive our innovation - keep them coming!
Last Call - More High-Gloss Cherry Stock Located!
In response to several emails and phone calls, Axiom is going to place a special order for enough high-gloss cherry stock to fulfill any outstanding customer orders for this beautiful finish. This will be the final run - when it's gone, it's gone forever. If you missed your chance to complete your system or order a new one at the same price as our standard finishes, click here to contact us to reserve your speakers. We will take orders until March 1st, at which time the order for the wood will be submitted. The speakers will ship in April. Click here to get your order in!
Axiom Introduces Compact High-Performance DSP Sub for Smaller Rooms
by Alan Lofft
Axiom will launch a new subwoofer in March!
Next month, Axiom will introduce the Epicenter EP400, a new, compact high-performance DSP subwoofer. The EP400 delivers extraordinary bass extension as deep as 23 Hz in smaller rooms such as dens or bedrooms, using a much smaller enclosure than a conventional subwoofer.
Borrowing the same DSP technology from the larger, well-reviewed Axiom EP500 and EP600 subwoofers, the EP400 uses a powerful 500-watt internal amplifier coupled to a tough long-throw 8-inch driver and custom DSP algorithm to extract maximum sound pressure levels as high as 116 dB from an enclosure barely taller than Axiom's M3 bookshelf speaker.
Like its bigger DSP brethren, the Axiom EP400 uses a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and “algorithm” – a custom-written digital roadmap -- to model ideal deep bass extension then modify the 400's performance to deliver real-life volume levels with powerful bass extension that exhibit excellent “linearity” or smoothness. The algorithm, which is programmed with the woofer's specific traits, applies power from the amplifier to automatically correct any potential deviations away from ideally smooth bass response. And since its digital code also contains the output and cone-excursion limits of the driver and amplifier, it automatically protects the EP400 from being overdriven into distortion.
Epicenter EP400 DSP Subwoofer Specs
Enclosure: Bass Reflex
Max Amp Power: 500 Watts
Crossover Adjust 40 - 150
Phase 0 & 180
Woofer Size 8"
DSP Controlled Yes
Line In and Out Yes
Balanced Line In and Out Yes
High Level In Yes
Room Trim Yes
Dynamic Power Supply Yes
Anechoic Resp. +/- 1.5dB 28-150
Anechoic Resp. +/- 3dB 25-150
Room Resp. + 3dB/- 9dB 23-150
Max SPL Anechoic 106 dB
Max SPL In Room 116 dB
Dimensions HWD inches : 13.75 x 10.5 x 16.8
Dimensions HWD mm : 349 x 266 x 422
Weight (lbs) each: 48.55 lbs
Weight (kg) each: 22.02 kg
Contacted at Axiom's head office in Dwight, Ontario, Axiom president and chief designer Ian Colquhoun outlined the design philosophy behind the creation of the new compact sub: “The EP400 was produced to fill a specific need that was being requested of us over and over. This was to pack real subwoofer performance into the smallest possible enclosure,” he said. “It was not created to be a less expensive version of the EP500; in fact, if you do not have any concern with the enclosure size, then the EP500 would be the way to go. What the EP400 enables is that the master bedroom or den can have subwoofer response as powerful as the home theater room, in an enclosure small enough to tuck in a nightstand or under the bed.”
Used in combination with any of Axiom's compact bookshelf speakers—the M2 v2, M3 v2 or M22 v2 -- or their in-wall equivalents, the W2, W3 and W22 -- the new EP-400 effectively extends sound reproduction across the entire range of audible musical frequencies to levels that approach the subsonic region, and, if desired, at realistic output levels as great as 116 dB SPL.
Priced at $1,100, the EP400 subwoofer will be available in Axiom's standard in-stock finishes -- Black Oak, Boston Cherry, Light Maple or Mansfield Beech -- or in our wide range of custom vinyl or real-wood finishes.
New Axiom International Web Site Improves Customer Experience and Eases Currency Problems for Customers Around the World
Import duties, special value added taxes (VAT), fluctuating currencies—who can keep track of all this stuff? In the past, it's been especially vexing for Axiom enthusiasts outside of North America who want to determine how much Axiom products will cost in the currency of their own country.
Axiom's new International Website, launched days ago, takes all the guesswork out of calculating international shipping fees. The freight is calculated right to the customer's door in all countries, in the currency of their choice: Euros, US Dollars, Yen, etc. In several international locations, duty and VAT are also calculated for the customer.
The site improves the customer experience in a number of ways. It will enable Axiom customers worldwide to shop in the currency they're used to, or in other currencies. And for countries where Axiom includes the duty and taxes in the final price, the prices will come up on the website including, freight, duty and taxes (Australia, for example).
The customer will be able to process the entire transaction online. We have also included email as the method of contact for the international countries.
Axiom's international currencies and shipping costs are listed under the logo on every page of the site. Simply select your country and the entire site changes dynamically to reflect your currency and shipping costs.
For the sake of illustration, let's say you lived in Switzerland and were really interested in ordering the Epic80/600 system. In the US, that system delivered would cost $3809.50US. But if you go to our international site, choose “Switzerland” in the drop-down menu at the top, and look up the Epic 80/600 system, the total price quoted is in Swiss francs at 5,810.20, including home delivery, duty, and 7.6% Value Added Tax (VAT).
Perhaps you're going to be visiting family in Italy this week, though, and would rather have your system delivered there. Clicking on Italy at the bottom of the page yields an equivalent Euro price of €4,105.90.
If you were Norwegian, the same system would cost 34,560.05 Norwegian kroner, including home delivery, 4.5% duty, and 23% VAT (ouch!). Relating that to US dollars, that's equivalent to $5,485.30.
Interested customers can check out the dynamic nature of international currencies, duties and VAT taxes on Axiom products online today. -- A.L.
Axiom's International Currencies
Euro - EUR
US Dollar - USD
Australian Dollar - AUD
United Kingdom Pound - GBP
Canadian Dollar - CAD
Swiss Franc - CHF
Chinese Yuan Renminbi - CNY
Norwegian Kroner - NOK
Japanese Yen - JPY
Danish Krone - DKK
Swedish Kroner - SEK
Sherwood Newcastle Electronics Now Available Online from Axiom
The A-965 1120 Watt 7-Channel Power Amplifier from Sherwood's Newcastle line is now available online at Axiom.
It's official, as anyone who has recently gone to our web site may have discovered: Axiom has completed an online distribution agreement with Sherwood for its upscale Newcastle line of A/V receivers, amplifiers, AV processors and DVD players. For US and Canadian customers who want to conveniently purchase electronics along with their Axiom speakers and home theater systems, the Sherwood Newcastle line fills an important niche.
Although perhaps not as well known as some current brands, in fact Sherwood holds a prominent place in the history of American hi-fi component engineering and development dating back to the 1950s.
Open a 1963 Allied Radio catalogue to the Hi-Fi Components section (as I just did), and you'd see Sherwood stereo separates—AM/FM Stereo “multiplex” tuners and integrated amplifiers, as well as the “new” S-8000-II, one of the very first AM/FM Stereo Receivers sold in the USA. On the same pages as the Sherwood models are components from Harman/Kardon, Fisher, McIntosh, Dynakit, Marantz, AR, KLH, Scott, and Heathkit. Back then, all were vacuum-tube based – those were early days—and hi-fi was a hobbyist pursuit. Recordings were analog vinyl; stereo FM broadcasting and stereo LPs had just been introduced. Always an innovator, a few years later Sherwood was to launch the first all solid-state stereo AM/FM receiver.
Sherwood's history is as long as the other brands from that era that are still with us --Marantz, McIntosh, and H/K. Originally based in Chicago, Sherwood has in recent years re-emerged as a large “OEM” supplier (it manufactures components for many dominant and well-established brands) as well as developing its “Newcastle” line of AV receivers and separates. It's the Newcastle models that Axiom has bench-tested at our factory and confirmed that the robust amplifier sections will drive Axiom's 4-ohm M80 tower speakers without stress.
Sherwood Newcastle components all include an unusually comprehensive three-year parts and labor warranty. -- A.L.
3M80 2M22 6QS8 2M2 1EP500 Sony BDP-S590 Panny-7000 Onkyo-3007 Carada-134 Xbox Buttkicker AS-EQ1
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Craig(fka Kilty)if you're referring to the February Newsletter which came out near the end of the month, here it is. Note the url form for any month.
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Craig(fka Kilty)if you're referring to the February Newsletter which came out near the end of the month, here it is. Note the url form for any month.
Thanks John, and I have a mental note of the URL
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