I am one of those people. I have and M&K speaker system, and have never owned any Axiom speakers. When I was looking to upgrade my sub, I looked at SVS, HSU, Velo, Sunfire and Paradigm. I went with the Axiom sub and couldn't be happier. Maybe someday I will try the speakers as well. If they provide as good a value as the sub, I would be dumb not to consider them.