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Has anyone comp. Epos and Axioms? Other suggestion

An older friend has asked me to help him upgrade his speakers. He has a 5 year old basic 100W Sony DD/DTS receiver, but uses it mostly to play LPs on a recent AudioTechnica turntable through his old RDI speakers. He is, however, interested in playing TV and DVD through this system too, where our current idea is to get a pair monitors or small floor standers, a matched center channel, and a sub.
I have so far come up with the ELS 3 Epos line or the Axiom M3ti/VP100 cominations, which would be complemented by a HSU sub. My question is which one (any other suggestions are welcome too), Epos or Axiom, would sound better GIVEN the crappy amplification? This is my greatest concern. There is an ad with a Triangle center and Zerius here on Audiogon that I would bid on in a heartbeat, but I fear those would be horrible (say bright!) with a basic receiver.
I might be able to persuade him to pick up a new Marantz entry level DTS receiver... (on sale localy), would that make any significant difference?
Comments, ideas?
Thanks.
arni

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saki70
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I have owned Axiom M60's with an Onkyo receiver , the speakers were terrible for music . Quite revealing shall we say . They are ok for HT . I have heard the Epo's , a small stand mount , with a NAD receiver . They were not bad at all . I will probably get a pair for my HT set-up .
Axiom used to have a money back trial period . They also had used and blem products on their web site for sale .
For the price , I would go for the Epos .
Another inexpensive option would be Soliloquy . The company is in limbo , I believe , but it is quite a nice speaker and hard to beat in that price range .
Just my 2 cents worth .
Good luck .
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