>>I was just pointing out why they would be perceived to have better bass output yet having the same rated bass response as the M22s.
Agreed. If you go to the Soundstage reviews and overlay all of the response curves you actually find that the M22 has a tiny bit more bass than M3 at 60 Hz, so I always assumed it would be better for standalone use than the M3.
In practice, that bump around 100 Hz does really seem to make a difference in perceived bass output. When I A/Bed a borrowed pair of M3s against my M60s it was surprising how close they sounded when listening casually. There were obvious differences in sound between the two, but my conclusion was that if I had originally purchased M3s instead of M2s I would probably still be listening happily to them rather than buying a sub and finding myself trapped in the downward spiral of ever-increasing home theater performance
