Thanks everyone for the replies. These M3s are my fathers. He has had them for a long while now. I liked them a lot at his place. He has some serious gear. Two big Parasound amps, Anthem preamp and other NHT/Adcmon amps for the rear channels / subs.

He uses M2s for surround and slightly larger NHT speakers for the rears. Both subs are identical NHT boxes. The center in a big Pardigm speaker. The M3s were the front left / right.

Anyway, I was always impressed listening to his system. Enough to order my own set of Axiom M22s.

Well now he is playing with other speakers, so he offered me to try out the M3 as he thought I might like them better than my M22s for the heavy loud type of music I mostly listen to.

Thing is when playing Elton Johns rocket man they sound fantastic. If I put on some Manowar, they give me a headache.

While the M22 seems to be the more even speaker across the board. Almost as if it doesn't want to offend.

I'm going to try the M3s in my living room and see how they sound there. Thats where the 52inch W series Sony is, so mostly video game explosions. But I'll play some music and see how I like them there.


Yamaha RX-V2700 / CDC-815 , Oppo DV-980H , Axiom M22s , Paradigm DSP-3100