I took a nap this morning, woke up at 2pm central time, I walked out into the living room, my son was sitting next to a box, they're here. He asked me why I bought such small speakers. I hooked them up to my Yamaha. These are my first impressions. These are not what I expected. I did not experience any of the harshness, ie brightness that others have described. My son's psb 5t's are harsh. The m22's are not. The tweeters are exactly as they should be. I was expecting to be slapped in the face by these forward sounding speakers, I found them to be almost laid back. They sound like they should, from top to bottom. They are very natural sounding, a SHEER JOY to listen to. As a matter of fact, I cannot believe sound like that could possible come out of such small boxes. A miracle has happened in my living room. Thank you to all my friends at the Axiom message boards. What brightness?