Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Def Tech or Axiom

Make him take you fishing... Bring your beer though, unless you like that watered down redneck crap he likes.

Sounds like we all know Rick pretty well! I would bet if the OP listens to Rick's set up, he will buy Axiom.

Well, I am still out of the country till Wednesday of next week but could not hold back any longer. I'm going to need glasses after reading so many threads.

Anyhow, I just went ahead and purchased the Epic 80-500 speaker system (with FMS QS speaker stands). I would have loved getting the VP-180 but don't have a place to put it at this time (in a new apartment).

I will pick up a Denon 4310CI receiver when I return.

This is my divorce gift to myself. Yeah, I can't wait!

You all have a great weekend!

Say, that sounds familiar. I had to wait almost 4 years for that gift to myself.

Nice gift. Makes me want to get divorced.

Stay married. In the long run you can afford a lot more toys.

Tico,

While looking for speakers myself I too was looking at Def Tech prior to finding axiom. I did a demo with various setups at two different stores, one being the big box store best buy and the other at a very reputable local shop. I can at least speak for the local shop when i say they had about as nice of a demo room as i will ever own in my home as far as acoustics are concerned. They also had a much more expensive and powerful amp than I was going to have. The def techs sounded great BUT i feel the low ends were not there, it was boomy IMO.

An even longer story short, i did my research and went with Axiom due to their return policy and got M22's VP100 and QS4's but went to SVS for my sub. I have gone back to both best buy and my local store to compare after i got mine going and am here to tell you there is no comparison, the axioms are down right beautiful. To this day i still will throw Dave Mathews, Jack Johnson, or Eric Clapton in the player and just get the wow factor every time. Movies accompanied with my SVS shock any and all visitors. I wish you the best in your search for your own personal setup but highly encourage you to at least give Axiom a shot.

That is what I have heard from others as well. I think once you get into their higher end speakers the bottom end cleans up, but they are quite a bit more.

good assessment. I was at my local best buy store a few weeks ago as my computer took a dump and I need a new laptop. I had to swing by the new tvs and audio for fun and listen to all their speakers. The def techs to me sounded boomy as well. They were okay for the movie that was originally playing, but since I was at the store when it opened and nobody was their I changed it to audio and wasn't impressed. The martin logans and I forget the other brand were head and shoulders better.

I listened to some def techs before buying axioms and I would say that the bottom end was "muddy" and boomy, and nowhere near the clarity of my axioms. I don't remember anything else about them really.

I would go with a pair of m80s.. you cant go wrong! I would also pick denon over pioneer personally.

I am very happy with my denon 3808 and epic 80-500. Do it, you'll never look back!