Couple of good articles on auditioning speakers

BTW,

Just to show that I am not an Axiom Fanboy read the following article from Audioholics on their latest speaker competition ($1000 speakers) which is another good read on speaker auditioning:
www.audioholics.com/reviews/speakers/floorstanding/2010-1k-faceoff

so by upgrading my amp, i can reduce or eliminate listening fatigue?


I currently have, lpa 1, usp-1, erc-1.
axiom m80, vp 150.

thats funny but yes, there are harmonic distortions that are there with louder volumes that cause listener fatigue.
it is not necessarily a noticeable distortion, but your brain, ears get it.

just like the sound from a cheap trumpet, still sounds like a trumpet, but a more expensive, better quality trumpet will play "cleaner" more pleasant sounds.

an amp will clean up these issues of music playback, and
so the listener can indeed listen at louder levels with out fatigue.
A lot of music was made to play loud, you don't have to be told that.
Better power to your speakers will produce cleaner music.
You do not have to turn the music down if you have better equipment.

unfortunately after 30 minutes of listening, I need to do that.

Thanks for the input everybody.
I think I may purchase the xpa2 in hopes of getting rid of the problem.

Customer service clarified it for me;
"The Axiom is a very demanding speaker. Often dipping to as low as 1.6 ohms at its lowest frequency. Our X series amplifier such as the XPA-2, and XPA-1 mono blocks are always my first choice for incredible dynamic music, and theater play that will keep with the demands of the M80s."

Listen to those speakers with the new amp first, I bet you keep them,
and start showing them off.