confused,
Just offhand i would say that anytime you go from a floorstanding speaker to a much smaller one, such as the M1s, you will have a loss of overall sound (primarily volume and most likely a loss of a wider soundstage). This was my impression of the M22s vs the M60s when i auditioned them.
You stated that the quality of the M1s is better than your old speakers so perhaps this issue is more related to the size of the speakers rather than you components.
In a sense, you upgraded the speaker quality, but downgraded the speaker size.
It's just a thought.
That being said, Alan has some audio tips here:
Axiom tips by Alan Lofft
and there are some more tips on home theatre setup here:
sound and vision speaker setup/tweaking tips
I don't know if any of that information will help but its worth a read.
