I'm living in Seattle, and I'm seriously thinking about
buying the Epic 60 system (although I'd upgrade the center speaker to the VP150). However, I've always been told that
I should never buy any audio equipment without hearing it
first and that's obviously a bit difficult with Axiom.

So, I was wondering if there is anybody living in the Seattle area who would be willing to showcase their system?

Also, I was wondering if anybody has input on whether I would be better off buying an Energy system (with C-9 front speakers). An energy system would not be more than $400 more and I was wondering if that would be a better buy?