Agree with Alan, based on reviews Axioms are very flat in bass response (which is good if you care about music rather than boom box effect). I went even further and corrected my room modes with some digitial gimics so I correct for bass resonance in my room. Originally, you perceive it as 'thin sound' but after very short time you realize that you hear much more music becasue the bass hump doesn't overly the detail and if speakers placed correctly for bass smear, you realize that the rhytm is more precise in the music making it much more involing. It's a little like people going from Coke to red-wine, an education of taste ;-)
