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Depends how loudly you want to play. A few years ago I ran some tests with visitors switching between M60s and M2s as mains, with the usual sub/center/surround as well. At low volumes it was actually tough to tell the difference but once you started cranking the volume (eg helicopter crash scene in first Matrix) it got a lot easier.

I don't know of anyone using M5HP's as mains with a sub yet but I bet they would be interestingly close to M60s as long as you crossed over at 80 or higher.