I should note these sound and image perfectly with the tweeter at seated ear height. The M5s have an excellent balance. Very pleasing sound. Speaker stands will likely be 20” or so for my seated height.
I find this very interesting. In every room I've tried them, including my friends, they image so much better when the tweeters are about 6" below the ears. When they are at ear level, sounds tend to collapse into the left and right speakers. But when they are lower, they acoustically disappear by projecting those same sounds into the space behind them. I place them wide BTW.
Ditto with the M2 and M3 bookshelves. The M2OW are different. Their tweeters are at ear level and they acoustically disappear and are extremely dispersive projecting sound well beyond their boundaries while maintaining imaging.
P.S. Not saying you are wrong. I am just trying to understand why the difference.
