Nice write-up, Rich. You're right, the hardest part is choosing which Axiom speaker to get. Bottom line--you can't really go wrong.

I love the fact that Axiom still offers the M50s. I haven't heard them--I was lucky enought to snag one of the M40s--but I like that the M50s offer a slightly different sound then the M60s and M80s. People have different tastes and a more expensive speaker doesn't always qualify as the "better" speaker.

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