BigWill... we listened to over 30 CD's with the last test.... Morrissette was not much of a factor... We did Classical, Jazz (Coltrane, Sanborn, Pomeroy, Bennett, Sinatra), Rock (Dire Straights, Pete Townsend, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Talking Heads) , Country, movies... you name it. Even Blue Man Group and Van Klampen. 1812 Overture... then movies in two channel.

And yes, we will do with and without subwoofer...

I also think the larger Axioms will help in the size room we use. As you live with speakers longer, you learn new things. One thing I have learned about the ELT-CSE, it is a KILLER speaker for playing loudly... The M22 and Ascend are much closer in Dynamics...

One thing, with TrueRTA, I can post pictures of graphs which will show what level each speaker can attain in dB from the listening position...

Finally... a regular schmoe... interesting thought... let me think of someone. I can picture it now... "Yes, you will not know which speaker you are listeing to, just tell me which is better..."A" or "B" ... "