Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners m22 or m2i for accurate nearfield speaker?

I was going to get Axioms again since I need bookshelves once I sell the Thiels I have.

They will be used nearfield, about 3'-4' or so away from me, with maybe 3' behind me on the back wall. Others in the room may be further away from them.

There will be people in other spots of the room. Sometimes for clients(it's a small studio room), they will be expected to be played stupidly loud.

Will the m22ti's extra driver screw things up in a nearfield application? I was leaning towards them because for the extra bass extension and the higher output capability for some of the main clients who like to check things very loud, but was leaning towards the m2i since in my experience in a nearfield application a 2 way with one midrange has been better than a 2 way with 2 midranges.

In a small room I thought I might be able to get away with some higher output.

The chain'd be a PCM1716 based DAC w/ ADA4898-1 in output stage into a Parasound HCA-1000a amp.

Thoughts?

Thanks.