Before you buy a pair of B&W's I felt compelled to tell u it was because of my severe disappointed over a pair of 602s3 that I ordered Axioms. The B&W's sounded great in the store on some really great equipment, but it my house with my Yammie they sounded as bad as I have ever heard a speaker sound. I don't know if there is a compatibility issue with certain equipment, but I'm guessing that was the problem. There never was a problem with my m22ti's. If not for my disappointment and the kind advice of the experts at this board I would never have ordered Axioms.