I was looking at the JBL's before I ordered the m22s. I already had a JBL sub. I never pulled the trigger on JBL because I wasn't really that impressed during auditions. I don't know how many times I walked into BB and listened to the s38s, the n38s but they just didn't seem to be worth the money to me. When I received my m22s and listened for the first time it was like Xmas. I was actually stunned by the sound these things produced. Everytime I think I made a mistake in ordering them and feeling like I could have done better, I'll hear something from them that says you did not make a mistake. This is the best $360 speaker I have ever heard.