I have never had a problem with the finish or construction quality of any of the 17 Axiom speakers I've purchased over the years including some with custom finishes. Let's say that something happened to those speakers during manufacture, how do they get shipped in that condition? It would speak to a total absence of quality control.
Maybe US Customs opened the boxes and treated the speakers with all the care you'd expect from a government worker. I assume that neither the purchaser or anyone acting on his behalf subjected these speakers to rough treatment.
Very disturbing.
