i don't think i have heard from anyone who has done an A/B comparison. i bought them in the first place because of the review on soundstage. the soundstage reviewer (doug schneider i think) didn't think they were missing anything the m22ti had if you're using a subwoofer. i got a new denon receiver recently and was amazed that the m2i are capable of reference level with minimal distortion (and some of my room boundaries are anything but near). i thought maybe they just weren't sensitive enough because my old receiver would make them distort at reference level (the dynamic peaks had a really harsh edge to them), but the new denon receiver can make them thunderously loud without the clipping. pretty amazing to hear from such small speakers. ref level is still too loud to listen to comfortably
