I was really surprised how good they were without a sub. I owned M2s and M60s at the time and was able to A/B/C compare.

IMO M2s don't cut it without a sub for all music, but the M3s sounded mighty fine on their own. The only reason I don't own M3s today is that Axiom was clearing out their last M40s (think "M3 tower") at a great price so I grabbed the last pair of M40s instead. I would have been very happy with M3s, however.


M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39
M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8