Alan said, "I just heard a largish bookshelf speaker from a famous high-end amp manufacturer. It's all-metal (stainless steel?), looks fabulous, and sounded awful! And, get this: $10,000 per pair!"

Would that manufacturers name happen to start with a K? If so, I just listened to this same speaker for about two hours. The whole time I was thinking how much better my $275 M3 Axioms sound.
BTW...can't wait to hear your NEW M2i.