Wolf, welcome. The first point is to be careful about that "full potential" stuff. Most quality speakers, including the Axioms, have the potential to handle enough power to cause permanent hearing damage. That's one "potential" that we should fail to take advantage of.
Your 1500 had to be rated to comply with FTC regulations, and the specs mean that at least 120 watts are the maximum available for five continuous minutes.
Your Axioms use about 1 watt for a comfortably loud average level in the mid-80s of dBs at a typical listening distance. Brief split-second peaks in the sound use much more, of course, but your 1500 has plenty of headroom for safe listening levels. Buying something with even more headroom would be meaningless; unused headroom is simply that: unused.
If you've "totally flabbergasted everyone", your Axioms certainly have already been brought "to life". Relax and continue your enjoyment.
