After doing tons of research myself, I ended up with the M50s and an Onkyo 602. This combo fits my needs perfectly for speaker sound and receiver features.
I have the M50s because I had been using M3s in our older house with a smaller listening room. I was so attatched to the M3s after quite a few years, that when I needed larger speakers, the logical choice was the M50s(they sound very much alike-although I believe the M50s sound just a tad bit Better; not just larger, which I expected, but actually somewhat Better, which I didn't expect!)
I followed the same route when I purchassed the Onkyo 602: I had an Onkyo 494 from a few years prior and had good luck with it, so...
Am I happy with the combo? Yes.
Would I recomend them? Sure.
Just my .04US$
(sorry, the dollars' been devalued lately)
Rich.
