In fact, it was so much better for my purposes that I have to wonder why there's not much noise about it online, and the AX gets all the attention.
I’m not sure some of the dealers understand anything other than fatter skis!
I just demo’d the SC and had a blast on it. Unfortunately dealer did not have my size left in stock and was not interested in selling his demo’s of that size. No problem, went to the other dealer who claimed to have the right size in the stock. But when I arrived they pitched me the AX and didn't understand why I would want anything narrower than the AX in VT conditions. Turns out they don’t stock the SC. They also suggested I consider the SR88 for more versatility. I already have the SR88 and wanted the SC.
Called a 3rd dealer about 1hr away, they has the SC w/ the 11 din system bindings and offered me a free Look SPX binding as the promo. I asked if they could keep the free Look binding and maybe take $50 off the price of the SC. Nope, no dice & the price they offered me with the 11 din system binding was almost the same price as others sell the SC with the 13 din binding.