Mojo. Effortless and nuanced, yet. Velvety, no. Bob Dylan on the M80s would not sound velvety, he would sound like Dylan. All Dylan, all the time.
I think that with the exception of piano and the higher pipe organ stuff, I heard more detail/texture/nuance on everything.
Interesting tidbit. I asked Tom why the M22 sounded so different from the M80 He answered "Harmonics". I don't understand the physics of it, but with two mids and two woofers, they don't work as hard to produce sound, so they can produce all of it including the harmonics. When we process sound, we use both the direct sound and the harmonics to determine what something sounds like.
OK DG, cover your eyes and move on to the next post.
I found the biggest difference in soundstage was between the M80 and M22. My first comment to Amy on comparing the two was that the M22s sounded... speakery. Its not meant as a criticizm of the M22s, I guess more of a testiment to how transparent the M80s can be.
