Chess, you hit the nail on the head here.
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Give the Axioms time (or any speaker brand for that matter).
This is exactly why I won't buy speakers from "high end shops" that won't allow a 30 day return or trade up. Its impossible to get a good feel for a speaker just listening to it for 30-60 minutes in a room other than your own. For the same reason, I also think that AB speaker tests for short periods of time (30-60 min) are worthless. I often wonder if one of those speakers that didn't sound good to me in the store could have been my "ideal" speaker had I had a chance to hear them in my own set up/room.
