Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Kudos to Alan, another floorstanding comparison !

Craig - I just need the date. I'm not that far away and this would be great! Let me know.

Ray

I hope you will be able to obtain a pair of 850s, While the 1ks, with the 8" woofers unhooked, will sound similar to the 850s, you essentially would be testing a speaker which, unless you want to buy a pair of 1ks and unhook the woofers, nobody would be purchasing.

One more thing we all might keep in mind that Rocket and Paradigm proponents, in all probability, will be checking in here to read what YOU are saying about the whole thing. I know I'll be following the threads at av123 and AVS as well. It might behoove us to remember that, like it or not, we ARE representing Axiom. And rather than being the normal surly, snarling, bunch of savages that we are, maybe we could pretend, for a minute, that we are civilized and courteous.

Because of my circumstances (mumble, grumble ), I will be unable to attend. I sincerely wish I could. Maybe then I would finally know what my honest preferences are.

Jack .... In reality, A pair of 850's IS a pair of RS-1K's with the woofer section removed ... When you run a pair of RS-1K's, you plug the speaker wires directly into the "850" section, then run jumpers into the woofer amp. The "850" section is always run full range ... there is not even a crossover to the 8 inch woofer.

Ray, For sure, I Will let you know when the date is .. actually, it will be posted here.

Is the 8" woofer section completely physically isolated from the rest of the speaker? If not, then the internal volume of the 1ks, even with the woofers inactive, would be different from an 850s, wouldn't it? And, if that is the case, wouldn't a different internal volume mean a slightly different sound? I hope you understand that I'm asking here, not challenging. I do not know the answer to any of these questions.

Jack ... Yes, The 8 inch woofer is in a seperate, sealed compartment ... and the internal volume and porting area in the 1000's "850" section is the same as the 850's themselves ... I WILL, however, re-confirm all this with MLS ... and, as with all these tests, the owners of the companies are welcome to participate in the set up... even if just by phone.

Hey Craig im not as close as i first thought about 5-6hours not that that will stop me though. oh the answer to your question newburgh, ny.
Jake

Probably about 6 hours for me from the other end of the state.

this is all very interesting to say the least.. will be waiting for more details and results with great anticipation.

bigjohn

bigjohn - can you air mail a couple of gallons of your chili??

Is MLS going to supply the Alannis Morrisette disc as preferred demo-ing material again?