I have a pair of m50's and do not think that they are as laid back as every one here is saying. There are certain times ( usually with movies and not music ) that they appear to be bright, almost too bright. Before I bought them I had listend to Paradigm and Definative tech speakers in the same price range as the M50's, I dont recal the model numbers. The Paradigm's were way to bright for me. The definatives were not bright at all but had a boomyness to them. The M50's seem to be the happy medium between the sharper Paradigms and the Definative tech. Never listend to the m60s (live in U.S.) and there a little out of my price range.