Yeah Bugbitten, you're right. I have an old live Elton John CD recorded digitally with the Melbourne Symphony orchestra. I always thought it was a pretty good reference with my old system. It sounds horrible now, and not just on the Axioms. I brought it with me to audition some Paradigms and we had to stop it after 30 seconds. I guess that's what speaker accuracy is all about. They reward well engineered recordings and reveal how bad the bad stuff really is. The good stuff does sound good however.

By the way, I sent you a PM for your thoughts regarding the Epic 80 system that it appears you have.