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Let's of people just don't know any better. Think when you were first getting started and knew little to nothing about speakers and HT. Personally, I was looking at the Onkyo HTIB at first. I liked that I could get everything for about $500. I was close to getting this, but started doing some more research, listened to more speakers, grew my budget, and ended up with Axioms a couple of months later. I think many people find that, like that it is small and affordable, and truly don't know what they would be missing with better speakers, so they get it. They have something that in their experience sounds good (it's still a big upgrade from the TV speakers) at a good price as well.
I totally agree....amazing what the advice from a friend and a little research on the web can do, huh!