Zute, good deals are readily available on most of the major receiver brands, including HK, so you really don't have to "know a guy".

There's no need to wonder how the Axioms would sound with them. On the same program material the Axioms would sound the same(at flat settings)as with Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Yamaha, etc.

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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.