The Axioms are very detailed and have a forgiving/huge soundstage. Like you said, your room is going to determine most of the sound, not the fault of the speakers. The m80's are not bright, this false rumor has been floating around for years by Axiom bashers. They are true to the recording, so if you have crapping engineered/recorded CD's they will sound like crap, not the fault of the speaker again. If you have a correctly recorded music cd, your jaw will hit the floor in amazement at the sound. My recroom/ht is 31 x 30 x 9, so pretty big. And prior to carpeting it was pretty bright sounding, but still sounded great. If you have furniture, a couple of throw rugs, things will be fine.


M80s VP180 4xM22ow 4xM3ic EP600 2xEP350
AnthemAVM60 Outlaw7700 EmoA500 Epson5040UB FluanceRT85