Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo So what are ya listening to tonight?

I didn't hear any tape hiss and I had it turned up fairly loud. I liked the 1st year so much better. You could hear her voice and she had more of an innocent nature. The sound levels on the 2nd year were awful.

I thought for a minute we both listened to completely different discs. But I have a feeling we just listened to completely different audio tracks. You played the 2.0 LPCM track didn't you? The 5.1 DTS-HD MA sounds so much better than the 2.0 on the second year. It's like they're from different sources they're so at odds with each other. Yeah there's less hiss on the LPCM, but there's less of everything.

I still stand that the second year is better if only for that horrible electronic Yamaha she has the first. I can't even listen to that thing without cringing. Nice Steinway grand on the second though.

You are correct. Since I only have a 3.1 with a center I don't care for, I always opt to use the 2.0 versions.

Tonight I'm not in the mood to browse songs on-screen so I'm streaming from the computer. I keep bouncing around in the Di region. Diana Krall, Dire Straits. It's a good run of quality recordings.

The problem with having the better setup upstairs now is that at this hour it's tough to really crank it the way I want to, since this room is under the upstairs neighbor's bedroom. But jazzy female vocal music doesn't carry as well, and it makes for great late night scotch sipping in-the-dark music.

I've been experimenting with different sub placements. Right now I have it next to the couch as sort of a mini end table, and a plant behind it hiding the cables, which are fed under the rug. It looks nice and is healthier for the plant, but I'm thinking the sound is better with the sub against the wall.... The bass behind Diana Krall seems a bit muddier here. Which is odd, since against the wall it's closer to being in a corner...

Cat Brat, what is it about the 100 that you don't care for?

My wife and I had all of her CDs up until she released a bunch of bootleg CDs a couple of years ago. We like her early stuff the best (Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, and Boys for Pele). Choirgirl Hotel is also very good. We have seen her in concert 3 or 4 times and she always puts on a great show with a couple of exceptional cover songs each time.

The bookshelf vp100 might be ok. The in/on-wall 100 removes all of the bottom end from the vocals making them sound thin and lifeless. More of a TV speaker sound that doesn't match the rest of the system. I've got an M2 on order that will be replacing it and hoping that this will correct that problem.

This being my first non-HTIB, when I first started buying Axiom speakers, receivers, etc., I was overwhelmed by the quality in sound. After living with them for about 1 1/2 years, I start to notice things that at first went unnoticed. That explains why I just didn't return my center channel after first hearing it. The overwhelming factor drowned out any subtleties that I'm noticing later. Axiom speakers are really good sounding speakers, but I've never listened to any other speakers for years, so I can't make any comparisons. Overall, I'm satisfied with what I have, except for the center channel, and the on-wall M22's when used without the bookshelf M22's at the same time.

I guess the biggest downside that I can find with Axiom speakers is the on-wall design. A lot of people use them and are completely satisfied with them. I find them a bit too compromising. But as far as I know, they may sound better than any other on-wall design out there. I just don't know. Maybe I've become too picky in my old age.

Nice to see Meaghan Smith win a Juno for most promising new artist.

Agreed.
Best part of this award is that she is just getting started and has nowhere to go but up.

For our American friends, a Juno award is just like a Grammy but it comes in a Tim Horton's mug.

LOL!