Howdy guys...

This isn't the review...sorry...and please don't expect a very lengthy description of this weekends audition. I'm not an expert in the field.

However, to help Nert out..and to maybe sum up what I would put down as a "review". I think the best way to describe the two sets of speakers is as such...and I told Nert this. When listening to the Axiom's (M80's) it sounded like you were standing right next to the person playing the music and singing the song. With the Rockets (RS750's) I felt like I was sitting just in front of the stage and listening to a performance. The Axioms are very detailed!!! To obtain that detail, to me, they emphasized the treble and higher frequencies, which brought the sound stage right on top of the couch (or "in your face"). The Rockets emphasis is on midrange. That kept the soundstage back away from the couch and made me feel like I was watching a concert, and not part of it.

Just a quick $0.02. I honestly think that if anyone around you has the Rockets, it would be a good listen. You lose a little bit of detail (the very suttle detail), but the soundstage opens up immensily.

Just from what I can remember....the Axioms reminded me of the Klipsch speakers...with all of those high frequencies and that horn tweeter it has. (It has been awhile since I was standing in front of a set of Klipsch speakers though)

I hope that sums it up a little. Again, it was just my own person opinion. I will leave with this though...and I told Nert and the other three people that wandered through the listening session that night....the choice between those two sets of speakers was not a slam dunk! They both have their fine points. I actually would have preferred that one set would have been horrible. All in all...I am keeping the Rockets and the Axioms have to go back home. I thought the Rockets were warmer, and had more finer points. The Axioms have produced more detail than I have ever heard in a speaker before it though. The fatiguing of my ear drum to sustain that kind of detail was something that got me. I felt that I could listen to the Rockets for days and not ever want to turn them off because my ears were hurting.

Sorry that this got long winded. Maybe I can consider this the review and get out of the task that Nert signed me up for. Heck, he was there...maybe we aught to make him write a review too. LOL!!!

Have a great one all...if you have any particular questions...please let me know, and I will try to answer them as best I can.

Incog