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all axioms are black. I think they look sexy in black, and black never goes out of style, and goes with everything. I almost bought the mansfield color though, but I knew I would run into matching issues with other furniture. Besides, my black qs8's kind of disappear into the shadows at low light levels during movies, actually, they all do.
If you are planning a room for kids, I would wall mount every speaker up and out of the way. I don't trust kids around tower speakers.