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M5HP v4 Bookshelf
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Every member of our Axiom team is pleased that you have decided to purchase one of our products. We have all worked hard to
bring the highest level of satisfaction to your audio experience.
Axiom is deeply commied to ongoing audio research. It began in the early 1980s when I was involved with the world-class psychoacoustical research that was being conducted at the National Research Council in Oawa, Canada. Since that time we have built
one of the nest acoustical laboratories in the world at our facility in Dwight, Canada where we continue this research allowing
Axiom to provide the world’s most realistic-sounding loudspeakers.
At Axiom our goal is to provide you with a truly exciting and emotional experience every time you listen to your audio system. We
want you to feel part of our Axiom family and as such we stand at the ready to deliver personal, expert advice on any of your audio
needs.
Sincerely,
Ian Colquhoun
President and Founder
Axiom Audio
Placement
e location of your new Axiom bookshelf speakers will signicantly aect the sound quality you experience in your particular
room. Try and position them in an upright position on either speaker stands (if you purchased accessory stands) or on a shelf
so that the tweeters are roughly at ear level when you are seated. is is only a guideline—they do not have to be exactly at ear
level. Up to 12 inches higher or lower is certainly acceptable. Do not put bookshelf speakers on the oor and avoid “burying”
them inside an entertainment center or other enclosed cabinets. Speakers sound their best in free space. If you use them on a
shelf in an entertainment center, have the front edge of the speaker protrude from the shelf by a half-inch to avoid reections from
the surrounding cabinetry. If circumstances force you to use the speakers on their sides, you may do so, but there may be slight
dierences in the stereo imaging. Place them so the tweeters are towards the inner center line.
For a well integrated stereo or home theater soundstage, separate the front le and right speakers by 6 feet or more, up to 10 feet
apart, or by at least half the distance you sit from the speakers, e.g. if you sit 12 feet away from the speakers, separate them by at
least 6 feet. If you are using the bookshelf speakers as your main speakers in a home theater, place them to each side of the video
display roughly even with the TV screen, so the stereo sound will be integrated with the TV image. Avoid corner locations of your
bookshelf speakers as corners may result in exaggerated bass and colored sound. If you place your speakers on a shelf or stands
against the wall behind them, leave 2 inches behind the speakers for the bass ports to breathe.
If you purchased Axiom’s Full Metal Bracket to wall-mount your bookshelf speakers, the bolt to secure the speakers to the bracket is
already included on the back panel of the speaker. Just unscrew it and put it through the appropriate hole in the bracket and tighten
it to secure the speaker to the bracket. If the speakers are mounted higher up, try angling the speakers down towards the listening
area for the best treble clarity.
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Hookup
Turn the speakers around and look
at the back panel. You’ll see goldplated 5-way binding posts, to which
you are going to connect the speaker
cables from your receiver or amplier.
Each gold binding post is colour
coded. RED is POSITIVE, BLACK
is NEGATIVE. You will also see
a positive (+) sign engraved in the
plastic beneath the RED binding
post, and a negative (-) sign beneath
the BLACK post. Your amplier will
likely have these same colours and/
or symbols. Note: for surround and
centre channels the positive is likely
a dierent colour on your receiver or
amplier. However, black is universally
used for the negative (-).
Front Left Speaker: White
Subwoofer: Purple
(line-level RCA output only)
Front Right: Red
Center: Green
Left Surround (side): Blue
Right Surround (side): Gray
Left Back Surround: Brown
Right Back Surround: Tan
Step 1
Bare ends of speaker wire.
Step 2
Leave washer down.
Bare Wire
Step 3
Insert bare end of wire
through exposed hole
on binding post. Ensure
postive wire from Amp is
in red connector.
Step 4
Tighten nuts with supplied
plastic wrench.
Examine your speaker cables. ere
will be something to dierentiate
each wire in the pair of wires; the
insulation may have color coding,
or one wire may be copper-colored
while the other is silver-coloured, or
there may be printing on one of the
wires, or a ribbed paern on the plastic
insulation of one of the wires. IT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
CHOOSE ONE WIRE TYPE TO BE
THE NEGATIVE AND FOLLOW
THAT THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE
HOOKUP.
e Axiom binding post is very
versatile to suit the type of wire end
you may be desirous to use (see wiring
diagram). If you are using spade
connectors the ¼” type is best as the
Axiom binding post will lock in a ¼”
spade to stop it from spinning when
tightened by liing the ring on the
post under the nut. BE SURE TO
USE THE SUPPLIED PLASTIC
WRENCH TO TIGHTEN YOUR
BINDING POSTS AND CHECK
THEM EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE
THEY ARE STILL TIGHT.
Step 1
Lift washer.
Step 2
Insert spade into slots in
binding post.
Ensure positive wire from
Amp is in red connector.
Step 1
Tighten nuts with supplied
plastic wrench
Step 2
Ensure positive wire from
Amp is in red connector.
Step 3
Insert banana plug.
For detailed instructions on dual binding post inputs please visit
Spade Lug (1/4-inch spade)
Step 3
Tighten nuts with supplied
plastic wrench.
Banana Plug (3/4-inch spacing)
www.axiomaudio.com/dual-input-connections
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Full Metal Stand
is sturdy audiophile-quality
die-cast aluminum 16-inch / 24inch Full Metal Stand is customengineered to exactly t your
Axiom Speaker. Its top plate has
two screw holes at the rear that
match up with the two bolts on the
boom rear of your Axiom speakers.
Full Metal Bracket
For versatile wall mounting, use the
Axiom Full Metal Bracket. Designed for
accommodating even the most dicult
installations, the Full Metal Bracket
swivels le, right, up, and down, with
lock-nuts for securing your ultimate
position. Your Axiom bookshelf speaker
has a bolt in the centre rear of the cabinet
designed for mounting to your Full
Metal Bracket.
Banana Plugs
If you are planning on moving your
speakers from time to time then
banana plugs can be a very handy
addition. ese high-quality goldplated banana plugs mount to the
end of your speaker cables and make for quick plugging and
unplugging of your cables from your Axiom speakers.
Bulk Speaker Cable
Axiom’s rugged rubberized bulk speaker wire
is remarkably exible, for even the trickiest
custom installations. is 12-gauge oxygenfree cable is one of the most highly-stranded
speaker cables on the market. It is 99.9999
percent oxygen free and has ultra-low 0.00341
ohms of resistance per foot for maximum
transfer of amplier power. Axiom bulk
speaker wire has unterminated ends and is cut
to order so you get just what you need.
For detailed specications please visit www.axiomaudio.com
Axiom Audio Head Office: 2885 Highway 60
Dwight, ON Canada
P0A 1H0
Toll Free (North America): 1-888-352-9466
Worldwide: 1-705-635-2222
Email: info@axiomaudio.com
www.axiomaudio.com
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