hmmm. This isn't making me too comfortable.
I get the sense that the grill painting is sort of unproven, and I'm not too keen to remove all the drivers of a brand new pair of $1K speakers.

I'm pretty confident in my painting abilities, but it will still be a painted finish. I'd hate to proudly pull off the grills to show off the speakers and hear, "cool - so these are home builts!"

I've e-mailed in and asked if just the front panel can be wrapped in black vinyl, and use a black grill. It would be one piece, no seams, so it should be a piece of cake for the Axiom guys... I'm keeping my fingers crossed!