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8-inch two-way, DSP room correction
An 8-inch coated pulp woofer and a 1.1-inch silk dome tweeter on a waveguide, bi-amped by a Class-D stage delivering 140W to the low frequency driver and 80W to the high. Anechoic response runs 38Hz to 24kHz within ±3dB, with 104dB SPL maximum at one metre and a crossover at 2.1kHz.
The onboard 96kHz DSP applies an eight-band parametric EQ derived from a sweep taken with the measurement microphone in the box, so a monitor half a metre from a wall still measures flat at the listening position. Inputs are balanced XLR, TRS and AES3 at 24-bit/192kHz.
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I mixed on a matched pair for eight months and checked the results against a mastering room I trust. The low end translated within a decibel. The DSP correction sweep took four minutes and fixed a 6dB null at 120Hz I had been compensating for by ear for two years.
I flagged a 0.4dB channel mismatch on my REF-1s - within spec, but it bothered me. The acoustics lead replied with the driver serial history attached and shipped a tighter-matched pair the next day. I have never had a support exchange like it.
Verified against my own i1Display Pro and the factory report held up across the full P3 sweep. My only complaint is that the local dimming blooms slightly on white text over black at 1,600 nits - switch the HDR profile to 600-nit reference and it disappears.
Three years on my Slate the battery was down to 79% health. Ordered the cell from Axiom at $48, downloaded the service manual, eleven screws and one connector. Back to full runtime for the price of a dinner. No other laptop I own would have let me do that.
Lab measuredAX-REFHEA-01
NewAX-WIREAR-02
AX-MECKEY-04
Launch priceSaleAX-4KDIS-06