You are right aquashanker owns M3tis , which he loves,but he happens to live 1000 miles south, maybe a trip down south !!. I had a chance to listen to Def Tech studio monitor 350 , to my inexperienced ears , they sounded very pleasing. The mids and the highs were very rich and never felt anything missing, in comparison M70 bookshelfs felt constricted, M73i was better but i still felt i was loosing on clarity in comparion to def tech. M73i did score better(not too much)on their base but they better do
Def tech did not have too much of base but i didnt see to mind overall.
Well Sushi a business trip to USA does not seem very forthcoming untill unless US economy picks up, but i am trying if a friend in USA can help me get one.
I just checked there is a Mirage dealer in India, is there anything in their stock which is similar to axioms M22ti.

Thanks once again, its a wonderful forum and i have got wonderful insights. Thanks all