I think the folks on this board recognize a great speaker at a great price, and you would hope that a speaker costing twice as much as Axioms would sound better, but thats not always the case. And I have yet to see a professional review that compares any other speaker near Axioms price range that could compete. I don't know if that's bias or common sense.

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