I can live with this, except I see the Mini Monitors selling for $400-$450, not not $350...I would feel better comparing the Axiom's to the Paradigm Titan at $269...here there's not really much comparison.

As for the weird shaped cabinet the Axiom's have and the goofy port tube, I'm not sold that those contribute much to the sound, standing waves can be reduced with damping material. I do know the larger Paradigms suffer from horrible resonance problems, I suspect the Axioms share the same flaws.

The Axiom's have the peak in the midrange, the Paradigms have the dreaded BBC dip, to each their own.

My problem with the M3Ti's wasn't so much that it took me a year to learn to like them, but that I found they sound rather mediocre when I placed them like I would most bookshelf speakers. If you search my review on them from last fall, you'll see I was largely disappointed, but I bought these from a friend whose store carried Axiom (not the Internet) to place in my dining room.

I honestly found them at their best when placed firing straight ahead, no toe-in. I didn't try this until a month ago or so. Maybe the off axis response eliminates the peak? Who knows. As it stands now, they're back on top of the cabinet in the dining room, hardly optimally placed. No speaker is going to sound right there. But they're small and pretty, and until I get around to finishing my next project, I'll keep them.