>>Are they as good as the M2 or M22?
As "good" as ? Absolutely... M3s (and their big brother M40s) really do sound as good as everyone claims.
As "accurate" as ? No, M3s dip down a tiny bit in the midrange and bump up a tiny bit in the bass. A lot of people (including me on many days) prefer that sound, particularly on less than perfect content. The M2s and M22s are definitely more accurate though...
One of the little peversities about the audio industry is that a lot of what we listen to is mixed on speakers whose response is more like the M3 than the M2/M22. So... if the M3 speakers have a response more like the reference speakers, but the M2/M22 speakers are more accurate, "what is flat" ?
I like to think that reference speakers are getting a bit more accurate every year but I have no idea if that is actually the case. I mean "the reference speakers used to make a track sound good on a good stereo system", not "the reference speakers used to make a track sound good on an AM radio or boombox".
Last edited by bridgman; 06/12/05 03:51 PM.
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