I am saving for my (future - later this spring) Axioms. I spend my money from the source out. As a musician I was just taught that way. Look at it this way...you have a $179 korean guitar and a pawn shop peavey amplifier. Do you buy the Les Paul or the Marshall stack first? It really is a no brainer but in the A/V world convention says great speakers with a mediocre amp will be just fine. I have a pre/pro amp set from Emotiva that replaced an old $200 pioneer reciever. It is running <$400 of 12 year old speakers that I bought at the same time as the reciever. I am experiencing all the same kinds of revelations as the OP. I know that new speakers are going to rock my world because they are going to be fed the good stuff!

I believe that picking your price/quality level and then work from the source out will lead to the most satisfaction.

My opinion....

Jeb

Last edited by Kinge; 01/18/08 08:17 PM.
And every Sunday afternoon she'd jump in his boat and they would spoon...