I decided I'd follow up on my own post... :-)
The M3's showed up, and they have been playing away for the past few hours. My initial observation is, for once, I can stand listening to saxaphones! The 301's really did a poor job of reproducing the sax, it was very harsh and I often had to reach for the volume to save my ears. So far the M3s show none of that! And they aren't even broken in yet.
So, the combo of Cambridge Audio A500 amp, D500se CD and M3ti's seem to be a great match (In my smallish living room). I've got the CD->Amp connection on Audioquest interconnects and the speaker cables are DIY "FFRC" cables (DIY info from the net).
If any bad habits crop up I'll let you know, but for now I have a lot of
"relistening" to do. It's like getting an entire new CD collection!
Kudos to all! And a big "Thank You" to Axiom customer service, they were top notch!
