The slamming elsewhere is often done by posters who have never heard Axioms & are parroting questionable stuff from years ago.

Go to this thread & check out the links to the reviews made by Home Theater Shack. Hopefully they will dispel your doubts:

https://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/417431/Searchpage/1/Main/24136/Words/exlabdriver/Search/true/Re:_Can't_decide_m80_or_m80_hp#Post417431

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