I would have used M5's but my wife wanted something small. I could have, and probably should have, gone with M5ow's as we really only use the system for TV/Movies. At the time I was thinking that I wanted something I could place (toe-in) for 2 channel. Ian recommended the M5's but also felt the the M2 would be fine in the room ... he was right. The M2/VP150 are plenty loud as the EP500 does the heavy lifting below 80hz or so ... The system blends perfectly.
My biggest problem with the M2's is that my family keeps moving the left speaker as my wife tells me it's in the way when she works out and the kids tell me it's in the way for ping-pong ... So, we might move to M5ow's in the future.
