I remember in 1986 I was only about 16 years old. I had a pair of Lazer FXT8 floor standing speakers, Don't ask me why I still remember the model number (they had a poly woofer, very harsh sounding tweeter and a passive radiator, JUNK)! Anyway's, young and stupid, I borrowed an HK reciever and ended up blowing a voice coil. So the owner of the store, a hell of a nice guy, educated me on what clipping is and how it can dammage a speaker and we decied that it was time for a better sounding more robust speaker, he introduced me to Axiom. I loved the sound, even better than the Missions at twice the price, and I ended up with a pair of AX1.5's cuz the AX2's hadn't come in yet. A month later I moved to the AX2's.
Today, almost 25 years later I have a dedicated HT room and still think the Axiom M80 (v2) is one of the best sounding speakers I have ever heard, period!
paul
