Unfair comparison to an equally excellent loudspeakers in their own right. One is floorstanding with more drivers and the other is a bookshelf speaker. The Ascends are an excellent sounding bookshelf with great soundstage and awesome detail and clarity. You can't go wrong if you are looking for bookshelves. Same with the Axiom M60s if you are looking for a great set of floorstanders. cheers
Thanks Its like I cant figure out which one I should go with, floor standing or bookshelf I have a pretty big living room I am not sure the bookshelves will do it. also the surrounds on the ascends are the CBM 170 vs Quadpolar QS8s in the Axiom. Does that make a difference. TY Raj
between the Ascends and Quadpolar is now a matter of personnal preference. I like the Ascends but I think its qualities I believe would be wasted if it is relegated to the surrounds.
Axion does not impress me whatsover. They appear to have been designed to have tons of phase problems. Wouldn't recomend them, sorry. The Ascends seem to be built better, on paper. But for a website that touts itself as "Full of specs" I failed to find one single mention of the all important x-over, except that it was designed with the aid of a computer (BFD) Probably still have phase problems, but they look like they use better parts. You can do better than either of these. Parts Express offers a 6" 2 way kit for about $200.00/pair that would probably be better than either of these two. Just my $.02
Axion does not impress me whatsover. They appear to have been designed to have tons of phase problems. Wouldn't recomend them, sorry. The Ascends seem to be built better, on paper. But for a website that touts itself as "Full of specs" I failed to find one single mention of the all important x-over, except that it was designed with the aid of a computer (BFD) Probably still have phase problems, but they look like they use better parts. You can do better than either of these. Parts Express offers a 6" 2 way kit for about $200.00/pair that would probably be better than either of these two. Just my $.02