Thanks for the input.

You've all helped to make my decision. I will definitely order the Axioms before I try anything else in my home.

The only problem with going the route of the M80 is that it is a 4 Ohm speaker. My Yamaha will go 4 Ohm to the fronts and 6 to the rest of the speakers. Which is fine, but I have 8 Ohm rear diffused surrounds by Boston. I don't want to risk damaging the rears by running 6 Ohm into their 8 Ohm load. The surrounds are rated at 150 Watts, I'll be sending 80 to them under an 8 Ohm load.

-Adrock.