Tico,
While looking for speakers myself I too was looking at Def Tech prior to finding axiom. I did a demo with various setups at two different stores, one being the big box store best buy and the other at a very reputable local shop. I can at least speak for the local shop when i say they had about as nice of a demo room as i will ever own in my home as far as acoustics are concerned. They also had a much more expensive and powerful amp than I was going to have. The def techs sounded great BUT i feel the low ends were not there, it was boomy IMO.
An even longer story short, i did my research and went with Axiom due to their return policy and got M22's VP100 and QS4's but went to SVS for my sub. I have gone back to both best buy and my local store to compare after i got mine going and am here to tell you there is no comparison, the axioms are down right beautiful. To this day i still will throw Dave Mathews, Jack Johnson, or Eric Clapton in the player and just get the wow factor every time. Movies accompanied with my SVS shock any and all visitors. I wish you the best in your search for your own personal setup but highly encourage you to at least give Axiom a shot.
