Last Call: While there is no substitute for actually listening to any speakers you might be considering, you may never get a "true audition" without taking them home and listening to them in YOUR room with YOUR electronics. Showroom demos often embellish the positives and hide the negatives that all loudspeakers have. With that in mind, I suggest you not dismiss the axioms simply because they cannot be auditioned in a local showroom.

If you haven't yet visited the Axiom website, it is www.axiomaudio.com, where numerous reviews and testimonials are presented. In particular, the M22ti's are reviewed as part of a "speaker face-off" which also includes the Paradigm Studio 40's. (See audioholics.com/productreviews)
The main thing I noticed while reading these reviews was that while the Axioms were described as bright/forward, they were also described as NOT being strident, shrill, fatiguing, etc., -- they just weren't laid back, overly warm, dark, etc. The only caveat I would mention is that nearly all high quality "monitors" are designed to work with a matching subwoofer in order to get full bass extenson. Otherwise, you should choose a floor-standing "tower" speaker, like the M80ti, or the M60ti (same sound, won't play as loud as the M80's). What has impressed me about Axiom is that you can assemble a complete home theater without breaking the bank. That's important to me because I have some "older" New England Audio Research (N.E.A.R.) ME-60 "audiophile" speakers which I would like to build into a complete home theater, but the company no longer exists. So, I must either replace them with a similar quality speaker system (such as B&W CDM 9's plus center, surrounds and sub - $7,000+), or invest in a less expensive home theater system and keep the N.E.A.R.'s for my critical music listening. My heart says go BW, my wallet says go Axiom, or something similar! Good luck in your decision. T.