Is it possible..(just playing Devil's Advocate here) that since two people found them to not be very bright at all) that the demo you heard was with some salesperson's tweaking (a treble control turned way up to make up for a possible shortcoming)?

Just thought I'd ask! I've heard far more shocking stories than that!

::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::