Axiom Audio Introduces M2i Compact Speaker

1-Jul-02

Axiom Audio has announced the Axiom M2i, an improved, new two-way speaker over its original. The new compact ported system uses a 5-1/4-inch aluminum cone woofer in a Vortex-Ported enclosure, and a 1-inch titanium dome tweeter with a 1-inch voice coil. Initially engineered at the National Research Council acoustics lab in Ottawa and refined at Colquhoun Audio Laboratories in Dwight, Canada, the new M2i improves on the original. According to designer Ian Colquhoun, ""The larger voice coil tweeter in the new M2i lets us cross over at 2,700 Hz, a much lower frequency than the old tweeter could handle. By lowering the crossover frequency to 2,700 Hz, the new M2i has much more linear performance in the critical midrange region. As a result, you get much-improved imaging and much better off-axis response. That gives you an improved midrange, so your vocals are better, with a better soundstage."" The M2i's tonal balance now more closely resembles the neutrality and power-handling capabilities of its more expensive siblings, the top-selling M22ti and the M60 and M80 floorstanding Axiom speakers, which all use the same 1-inch titanium dome tweeter, mated with a 5-1/4-inch aluminum cone woofer. The M2i will sell through Axiom's Web site (www.axiomaudio.com) at $255 U.S. per pair, and through Axiom's Canadian retail network at $390 Canadian per pair. The M2i embodies all the traits of a compact speaker, developed and scientifically listener-tested at the Canadian National Research Council's Acoustics lab. Frequency response is specified at 70 Hz to 22 kHz, +/-3 dB, with in-room sensitivity pegged at 91 dB SPL at 1 watt/1 meter. The M2i's wedge-shaped, asymmetrical Anti-Standing-Wave cabinet eliminates internal resonances, and video shielding prevents TV interference. Available in Black Oak, Light Maple, or Boston Cherry, the M2i measures 11-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches and weighs 11 pounds.  

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