Axia – S is Transfiguration’s “entry model” that offers performance which is anything but, as it benefits from the technical achievements of their more expensive models. Transfiguration developed two types of ring-magnet construction. The double, as here in the Axia (similarly the Phoenix and the previous models of Spirit and Aria) place a ring magnet both in front of and behind the coil, allowing the coil to move in a balanced and focused magnetic field. The intimate positioning of coil and magnet creates an unprecedented focus of the magnetic field, resulting in a coherence of the musical presentation that is different from all the others.