Hey Everybody,

Curiousity got the better of me. I was browsing through the music and audio aisle in the bookstore and came across the latest issue of Stereophile with a listing for the top 500 most recommended audio components. There was no mention of Axioms or the Ascends. Lots of B&W, Paradigm Reference, Monitor Audio, Magnaplanar, and every top brand imagineable, even Athena Technologies.
They were categorized into A, B, C, D and K categories ranging from 20k to 600 dollars.
Am I correct in assuming that the internet-only brands do not get much recognition?
Thumbed through the other audiophile magazines and their top recommended speakers, fact remains-no axioms. I'm pretty sure there were lesser brands there!
Thoughts, anyone?