What do we think? Hummmm....
Speaking just for me, and my wife: When I unplugged the M3s and replaced them with new M50s, the first response upon firing them up, was furrowed brows and "uck" comments. Next to their younger brother M3s, the M50s sounded somewhat harsh and had less bass than the M3s had had! Within less than half an hour, all was cool.
A couple weeks later-just before putting the M3s in back as surrounds-I did about the same test, this time was different; the M3s lost some of their accuracy in comparison,(But, was that reaction due to the fact that I had compared the plots for both the M3 and the M50 and just "knew" that the M50s had a better mid-presentation?)But listening, the M50s were now the "better" speaker. Neither was harsh however. The M3s though, had lost some of "Their" bass(OK, That's hearing memory for sure!!)
So the question I have: Could what seemed to be a "Harsh" sound actually be better midrange accuracy? I wouldn't think so, but, what the heck.
Anyway, not actual testing, just intentional observations.
Rich.
