Nice review and you're dead on as to the laid back reasoning, That midrange dip is shared with the M3 (no surprise as the M40 is the M3 in a larger cabinet)it is also what causes the M3 to appear to have more bass then the larger M22, when in fact the M22 has the potential for more.


Jason
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