Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners VP150 V2 vs VP160 V4

Definitely a compliment!

If we are not capable of discerning the relative sound quality of components, or system changes, why bother? Get a Wave radio and be done with it.

The fact is, we are capable of hearing differences in sound quality. My VP150 Millenia center channel was a weak link, so it was replaced with a VP160. For me, it was a great upgrade. I am glad to hear that later versions of the VP150 are better performers.

I'm sure that a cable upgrade would not benefit all systems, I am equally confident that some systems would benefit, that is, you could hear a difference.

I cannot comment on the center channel as i got rid of mine all together. i had a VP180-v3 and i just couldn't get it to sound right no matter what i did.

Now, put it into perspective, I am running a set of LFR1100 speakers that have just a massive sound to them that the center channel always seemed to feel so directional and in my face, but weak sounding when put into the context of the left and right channel. For me, i did the unorthadox and removed the speaker all together from my system and left it to the Anthem preamp to phantom the center through the left and right out. This solved my sound problem completely for me in the center became a massive sound and blended in perfectly with the left and right sound mix in movies.


I can however comment on B-Stock, Refurbs and what to expect. Ian is a perfectionist and I don't think he would ever let a sub standard speaker leave his shop. If he got in a sub par speaker, i am sure he would bin it than let something that could cause issues out the door.

I have bought far too many Axiom speakers than I'd like to admit. I have bought Factory New, B-Stock and Refurbished speakers. If I lined up all my Axiom speakers side by side and asked anyone to pick out of the line what ones are Factory, B and Refurb, I would bet that not one single person would get it right. I wasted 3 hours going over my first b-Stock purchase and couldn't find what was wrong. To this day i have yet to figure out what wasn't right. Axiom just makes good products.

Uh huh.

Reading the comments, I wish I could trade in my VP-150 v2 for the VP-160, but it’s only applicable to US & Canada customers.

It’s really hard to sell used speakers in Singapore.