I have narrowed my choice down to Axiom's M60Ti and Athena’s ASF2, I have hear great things about both speakers and would appreciate your thoughts about these 2 Canadian made speakers.

In June, I auditioned both in my house before returning the Athenas. The AS-F2 has two advantages over the M60s: they are $200/pair cheaper and play 4 dB louder (AVIA DVD with a Radio Shack SPL meter). The M60s outperform the AS-F2s in every other respect. I found the M60s to be much more accurate, with greater detail, better midrange and treble performance, and tighter bass. The M60s also have better imaging and soundstaging. These were not subtle differences. Even my 17-year old son found the differences obvious without any input from me. I purchased the Athenas first and had them for a week before listening to the Axioms. At first, I was so happy with the Athenas that I nearly canceled my Axiom order. I'm very glad that I did not. Although the AS-F2 is a solid product, the M60 is by far the superior speaker. In comparison, I found the Athenas to be far too laid back with fairly muddy bass. I would have been perfectly happy with the Athenas had I not heard the M60s side-by-side. Having done so, I can say that it was a no-brainer in my opinion to upgrade to the M60. To use a car analogy, the AS-F2 is a VW, and the M60 is a BMW.

Thanks for the great review. It was very informative and answered all my questions.

Thanks for the info. This may be more of a reflection on me than the Athenas but I think that oval shaped tweeter is just plain ugly Is it just an attempt to set it apart from the rest of the field or is there some science behind it?

ok went to their website and found:

"Dispersion Enhancing Tweeter Faceplate for a wider listening window, and excellent stereo imaging"

sounds like salesmeister talk or is it?

I just listened to some AS-F2's at Best Buy, and was quite impressed with them. I don't buy speakers for the way they look, I'm concerned with how they sound. I thought the highs were pretty clear and detailed but I thought the bass was a touch muddy and congested but deep.