The M22s sound very different than the M3s. Throw a blanket over the M22s and that's what the M3s sound like. But that's not necessarily a bad thing \:\) . The M22s perform surgery on your cochleas whereas the M3s gently caress them. I could relax to M3s but not M22s. Does that help you?

Axiom should have sound bytes on the site for these two speakers. The difference between them is like night and day.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated