I'll take a look through the CDs I never listen to any more and see if anything jumps out. Probably Rod Stewart or somebody like that
Seriously, the problems seem to be with popular music recorded very hot. Not sure if the problem is that the mids are bumped up a bit (previous post) or if they are clipping the CD media (which sounds horrible and the Axioms will reproduce that horrible sound very accurately).
Truth is that I have never felt the Axioms were bright myself but have spent some time trying to understand why some people feel that way. My personal "can't stand it" is boomy bass.
