Thanks for the input guys! I'll be sure to take that into consideration. I have the speakers set up A-B on the receiver. might play around with connecting the other speakers up to the surround channels for control over each speaker.
John, I did perform a DAC sound level check between the DAC and receiver -- they read exactly the same on the SPL meter with pink noise. Your comment makes it almost seem as if a DAC doesn't make any difference in sound! :-o. If you're curious what sound difference me (and other guests) have heard and described, the biggest thing that is noticed is better "blackness" or less "noise" interfering with details. It's subtle, but there. It just sounds like less-compressed music that allows for better instrument separation, hence "soundstage" and "detail"
In any case, we're not testing the DAC. I do have the M22's and M3's in AB-AB order, I was considering lining up the speakers so the tweeters were at the same level, or very close.
Thanks for the input everyone...stay tuned in a couple weeks!
