No, I do not believe the reviews are not accurate. You must have serious room treatments to have the Axiom's sound *really* nice with those metal tweeters.
Axioms are priced so low for a reason. The people who make these speakers are smart enough to know that.
Btw, they are the best speaker I have had but now my system has outgrown them and I will be upgrading soon. I have M60s. I had the M22s before for a couple weeks. I strongly believe the M22s are the best but you need a sub. I couldn't get the sub integrated to my liking so I went with the 60s. I believe Axioms are well suited to rock music.
I have not heard Ascends. If you go over to the Axiom website, the 'cult' will tell you Axioms are way better. Surprise surprise. You will also find at their website that these speakers are 'neutral'. My opinion is that they tend towards bright.
I hope my comments didn't lean towards the negative side of things. Now that I am at the point where I'm looking to bring my speakers up to the level of my components perhaps my opinion is skewed.
Axioms are priced so low for a reason. The people who make these speakers are smart enough to know that.
Btw, they are the best speaker I have had but now my system has outgrown them and I will be upgrading soon. I have M60s. I had the M22s before for a couple weeks. I strongly believe the M22s are the best but you need a sub. I couldn't get the sub integrated to my liking so I went with the 60s. I believe Axioms are well suited to rock music.
I have not heard Ascends. If you go over to the Axiom website, the 'cult' will tell you Axioms are way better. Surprise surprise. You will also find at their website that these speakers are 'neutral'. My opinion is that they tend towards bright.
I hope my comments didn't lean towards the negative side of things. Now that I am at the point where I'm looking to bring my speakers up to the level of my components perhaps my opinion is skewed.