Thanks guys... that is SUCH a relief to hear. You have put my heart to rest :). These speakers are indeed primarily for music listening, not home theatre... so it feels good to know I made a good choice. I had a feeling having 2 midrange drivers on the axiom as opposed to 1 on the atom felt like a quality vs. quantity thing... I mean, as an extreme example, I have a pair of Fisher speakers that have 5 drivers... 2 tweeters, 2 mids, and a 15" sub... and they sound like garbage compared to the atoms.
About the stands... I actually just picked up a pair last night off of audioadvisor based on a link from another thread I posted... seemed like a good deal at $50 marked down from $200. The issue of the speakers being knocked over is indeed a concern of mine... that is one thing that appealed to me about the bookshelf route. Although I don't have any cats or dogs to worry about... there is always the occasional dancing mis-step or burning meteor through the window. I will have to think of some way to brace them well...
What do people use to attach the speaker to the stand? I heard BluTac mentioned... not sure what it is or if there is a better way...
