I agree with all you said Chris (and you said it better than I did). It's just the final conclusion where I seem to be the outcast - my feeling is that unless he has a projection system, the limitation of the M22 (limited vertical dispertion) outweighs the plus (identical timbre).
Most people do not need vertical dispersion when the speakers are placed within a reasonable close proximity of the ideal, tweeters at ear level, but everyone can certainly use horizontal dispersion for proper stereo imaging or off axis listening.
