Many many of us order from the F.O.. That is where I got mine, after talking to everyone on this site. The F.O. speakers are no different than the regular. Axiom has a high quality control process, and even if a speaker has the slightest nick or other small issue, it goes to the outlet. Most of us have searched every inch of our speakers and can't find anything wrong. The issues are only cosmetic, if you can find them, not technical or quality issues. If you order your speakers from the outlet, they will ship all the speakers around the time, normally sooner, of the longest wait date speaker. So if the surround has the longest date, that is when you should receive all of them. The standard colors are a very high end veneer, the finest I've ever found. I love my Mansfield Beech speakers. All speakers are sent 2nd Day Fed Ex from F.O. or regular inventory.
Good Luck
Randy
