Amen brother!
Once I decided to get into this whole HT hobby and replace 15-20 year old equipment, I did my normal in-depth (some might call it obssessive) research.
I went into every HT forum I could find and read the speaker threads. Narrowed down the choices and then searched for reviews and user comments. Axiom popped up quite regularly and with positive comments.
The clincher was when I saw several comments about the M60s sounding very much like B&W 703s (they do) and then went to listen the 703s. Wow, sold.
