Alright...here's the deal. My thinking brain has figured the M5HP is 1.6 times as good as the M3v4. This makes the M3 a marginally better value than the M5.

My feeling brain though doesn't want the M3 because it's heard the M5. No matter what the M5 costs, my feeling brain says the M5 is always better than the M3.

Even though the M3 is easier to listen to in my acoustically bright living room, my feeling brain wants the M5.

This constant battle between my thinking and feeling brains will resolve itself once I'm pushing up daisies.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated