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Cheeseroo, I changed the order to the QS8's today from the Q4. I'm not very patient, did a lot of reading on the Home Theater Forum, and figure I can't go wrong with those. There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for the QS8s all around for music, theater, and their superb imaging and enveloping characteristics. I'll still be using the M22's up front. Now we can both compare notes.

I can't wait to hear your opinion on the QS8s. I am curious myself to hear the m22s as surround vs. the QS8s.
My new set of speakers should be in tomorrow hopefully.

One other thing to consider is frequency response. The QS8's have a -3db point of 95hz, which means you're going to be sacrificing bass performance to some extent if your receiver/preamp supports only a single x-over frequency for all channels (typically 80hz). The M3's or M22's will give you more bass extension.

Well, my QS8's are here, and I hooked them up yesterday. I'll have to break them in to be objective. Initially, I notice very open imaging, which I like. As Jkohn mentioned, since they are so close to my listening position, this is a good thing. The low end is virtually non-existent, probably little under 100hz, I expected this and know that most rear surrounds don't go deep, so this is not disappointing. That's what my SVS sub is very capably for. A LOT of transparent high end, absolutely everywhere in the room. Right now it borders on the bright side, but I expect that will mellow with break-in, as it did with my M22's. Remember, these babies have FOUR of those same fine tweeters. (2 each). So right now with music, I find myself turning them down a few DB's in relation to my mains. At this level, they provide a nice, very enveloping image that really fills the entire room. So for music, early impressions are fairly good. I can sense, however, that they are going to be absolutely unreal with a top- notch 5.1 DVD. I should be giving that a try tonight. What are your early thoughts, chesseroo?

I just posted a massive review on the QS8s vs. the m22s while i still had them last week.
Chek out the home theatre listings.