Actually I liked the sub levels. They tickled my tasty bits.

I don't know. At 9:00 I was hearing some serious distortion. Or was that my $0.50 ear buds? smile

What will the Statement IIs give you over similarly-priced Axioms? How do they compare on paper?

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated