So, after a few days with my dual M2’s as rear surrounds, I’d have to say that they work really well to create an awesome 7.1 soundstage.
I’ve been putting my new Denon AVR-3808CI and Toshiba A-35 HD-DVD player through the paces, and I couldn’t be happier with the M2’s. The slightly more directionality of the M2’s as rears really complement the QS8’s as surrounds. When a sound is supposed to be behind you, it is, but when it travels around the room, I don’t notice the transition from QS8 to M2. That goes for both music and cinema. My room is 13.5 feet wide and I’ve ceiling mounted the M2’s about 60 inches apart, angled down and toed in a bit. So if you want rear surrounds, but either don’t want to buy another two QS8’s, or you have height issues like I do that necessitates another solution, I couldn’t recommend a couple of M2’s as rears more.
