Resurrecting an old thread. New to the forum after reading a whole bunch of measurements / reviews and am finding i like the style of the place!
I might be the only person here in the forums with the same set up to the above. The Axis floorstanders (same as what you see in the image), with the black redgum. Using a hifiberry dac+ pro on volumio as source.
As amir alluded to above, the Redgum definitely does feel very basic compared to all the other amps I've seen around. I detest the remote it comes with as well.
I still went in with this set up as the salesman (and my ears) convinced me the speaker-amp pairing worked, and most importantly it came in a pretty deeply discounted package (maybe not at the $500 level for the Redgum Amir mentioned above, but not too far off). All in for the entire system, I spent less than USD 4k. It was by far the cheapest set of all those that I auditioned during my hunt. My audiophile friends who got me into the hobby scoff at my choice and haven't bothered to come listen since no one seems to have heard of Axisvoicebox before. But I'm happy regardless.
And in case anyone's interested in what I think of the sound, my very subjectivist review below:
**Initial Impressions**
At the audition, the one thing that stood out for me was focus. Mind you, I'm not some old audiophile so my terminology is entirely my own. Tack sharp with texture. Imaging is great with decent sound stage. Big bass isn't something I typically look for, so it's not something I paid attention to. I would say it's good enough.
Setting this up in an imperfect environment that is my home, definitely less focused then at the audition room but otherwise exactly as I remembered it from back then as described above.
Not everything is perfect of course. The few things I would point out on the downside: Amp isn't the largest in terms of wattage and is pretty barebones. I went small because I don't need that much volume and I have neighbours nearby. The speakers hiss when I dial the amp up too much. Back to the bass point, I only realised after purchasing these that there's an easy way to change the bass crossover and volume on the floorstanders and I dialled it up a little more for more bass. The bass is much better now, but it ain't exactly a subwoofer-sized driver at the bottom. When the bass extension volume gets dialed up too high, it gets pretty boomy and loses its tautness. Looks-wise, it's understated, but ain't gonna grab attention.
In summary, I would say get these if you love detail, resolution and imaging. Pricing is great. Definitely a buy for someone like me who's new to this!