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Axiom's Natural Setting Inspires Products Capable of Transparent, Clear and Unblemished Sound Quality (1/3/2004)

Perhaps it's only logical that Axiom Audio, a loudspeaker company located in a natural, unspoiled region of lakes and forests in Northern Ontario, should produce speakers capable of natural, transparent, and untainted sound quality. In fact, Axiom's wilderness location puts the manufacturer within relatively easy reach of one of the world's renowned acoustical facilities, the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa, Canada. It's at this facility where the initial measurements and listening tests of Axiom prototype speakers are carried out.

This is also where Axiom Audio founder and chief designer Ian Colquhoun sparked a new period of progress in the annals of loudspeaker design with his work at the NRC's lab, under the direction of Dr. Floyd E. Toole. There he spent innumerable hours perfecting innovation after innovation. The revolutionary methodology resulting from this work was recognized and published in industry journals around the world. (The rigorous research confirmed the relationship of careful speaker design and measurements with high rankings by listeners in "blind" comparison tests.) Canadian audio engineering gained particularly high status, which Ian Colquhoun and his company have helped maintain ever since.

Today's Axiom speaker line offers a wide range of compact and floor-standing models that move the benchmarks further than ever. Axiom now produces eight-sided seamless cabinets with the ground-breaking Anti-Standing Wave (ASW) wedge-shaped design, esoteric aluminum-cone and titanium drivers, internal crossover network innovations, and distortion-free vortex porting.

Axiom has combined the results of its acoustical measurement and listening tests to build a complete line of stereo and home theater loudspeakers that equal or outclass the performance of many prestigious, better-known and much more expensive brands at a fraction of their price. For instance, Axiom's largest "bookshelf" speaker, the much-praised three-driver M22ti, which sells for only $400 per pair (including shipping), has been compared by independent reviewers to speakers selling at $1,000 or more:

"The M22ti is more transparent and less colored than any speaker I know of that sells for less than $1,000. . . a beautifully tuned speaker with an enormously clean and musical midrange," notes John Potis, of www.goodsound.com

With reviews like that, the M22ti demonstrates that neutral, transparent hi-fi sound needn't cost the earth. Indeed, Axiom's most expensive tower speaker, the six-driver M80ti, is just $1,100 per pair. Complete Axiom home theater surround sound systems range from $1100 to $2,400, including shipping charges to any US or Canadian location.

Axiom's reputation has grown dramatically among audio aficionados throughout North America, becoming an extremely popular "secret" among A/V enthusiasts. By emphasizing the practical application of ongoing research, Axiom continues to extend people's expectations of performance and value.

Utilizing the most advanced computerized manufacturing equipment in the industry, critically acclaimed Axiom Audio is one of the world's finest loudspeaker designers and manufacturers. Axiom Audio is a division of Colquhoun Audio Laboratories.

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