I need to ask a non Axiom speaker question. Hopefully this does not violate any board rules but I don't think it does. A friend told me of a company called Home Theater Direct. They offer very inexpensive speakers that might just accomplish what I'm trying to do with this den system. I'm trying to do this "on the cheap". They have a two bookshelf speaker systems that seem to compete with Axiom. They have a Level 2 for $139 vs. the M2ti for $280. And a Level 3 for $229 vs. M3ti for $300. Has anybody listened to these? If so do you care to comment? How can these speakers be so cheap? Are they junk? What blows me away is the fact that these have real wood veneers too (not vinyl). They "look" pretty good.