Um... yeah. With a few exceptions, we're not big into unzipped pants around here
Seriously, the Paradigm Monitors are nice speakers. I haven't had a chance to directly A/B them with Axioms but the few posts I have seen tended to *slightly* favour the Axioms. You would be real happy with either, though.
My boss was teetering on the edge and ended up going with Paradigms mostly because he wanted to be able to buy from a dealer rather than over the Internet. In his case, though, he was looking for relatively small speakers in a large room (Monitor 3s vs. Axiom M3s) and the 8" woofer of the Monitor 3 probably would end up helping a bit.
Here's a link to a whole lot of Axiom owners who are up to offering auditions. Once I finish cleaning up the basement I'll be adding myself to the list
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=first&Number=76567&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart= 
