Wow...quite the little cat fight we've got brewing here!

I don't know if you're budget can handle jumping to the M60's but they have the detail of the M22's, the smoothed out highs of the Ascends, and they are "fuller" sounding than either of them.

Before I bought my M22's my next favorite speaker that I had demo'd at the time were the Energy C-3's. You may like them as well.

Good luck!