Maybe you guys should try some more serious power amps. I had the NAD 320 a long time ago and tried to drive my old Maggies with absolute zero good sound. Many people underestimate good stable power. For a budget i can recommend NuForce Ref. Class D amps. Plenty of power and details. And will last you for the leauge beyond Axiom and Paradigm. Might be well worth investigating. On an extreme example, my speakers should blow me away with 200 wpc. But only when you dump 700 in them will you know the true effortless finess and fullrange dynamics. Well, thats on my inefficent design but still a lot better then the 400 wpc blocks i used on them before. This doesnt apply in your cases, and is only ment as an example. Maybe its the jump from 90 watts to 200 or so.
Maybe you guys can borrow an amp. If you buy B&W's i am sure you can ask the dealer to demo it with a new Class D Rotel amp or a Classe with 400 wpc. Just so you guys hear the difference.

Just a thought.....

-Flo