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The M60's may be head and shoulders above the M22's, in which case, I can hold off a bit longer in order to get the better speaker.
Depending on your room size, you won't notice a HUGE difference with the M60s and a sub compared to the M22s and a sub if they are crossed over at the correct frequency. Thats the beauty of the M22s, their mid and upper range is nearly identical to the M60, the only thing lacking is low range which is made up for with a sub.
You should try and find someone with the M22s and a good subwoofer for an audition. It will put your mind at ease. I love my M22s, the sub provides more than enough low end warmth and unff when I need it!
An email excerpt from Alan regarding this topic:
"Alan, in my 14 x 16 x 8 room, will I notice a difference between a pair of M22s and an EP500 sub and a pair of M60s and the EP500 sub in my room size?" -Robb
"Hi Robb,
As to the comparison you cited: you might notice a little more upper bass "warmth" with the M60s and the EP500 vs. the M22s and EP500, simply because the M60s have two woofers that aren't far from the floor and you'll benefit from some upper bass enhancement, even if you set the M60s to Small with the EP500. Other than that, they are extremely close to the M22s, as are the M80s, so much so that in many comparisons I forget which combo I'm listening to. I have to look at my A/B switcher to remind me. These comments assume I'm listening in 5.1 with the EP500 always on. If I switch to stereo only, with the EP500 running, the differences are a bit more detectable but still subtle.
One advantage that I like about using the M22s over the much larger M60s or M80s is that because the M22s front baffle and overall dimensions are smaller, the M22 soundstage seems to have just a bit greater spaciousness and depth. It's quite subtle but it's there, and I believe it's simply because the overall dispersion of the M22s may be a little better." -Alan
Last edited by Hutzal; 02/13/07 08:07 PM.
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Ah, thanks for the clarification. Unfortunately i need my center to lay flat for my current setup. So i would be "stuck" with a VP100 or VP150.
Still i would love to hear what you think of the M3's as mains vs M22's.
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The vp100 and vp150 are great speakers, why would you say you would be "stuck" with them. 
M80s VP180 4xM22ow 4xM3ic EP600 2xEP350
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Ah, thanks for the clarification. Unfortunately i need my center to lay flat for my current setup. So i would be "stuck" with a VP100 or VP150.
Still i would love to hear what you think of the M3's as mains vs M22's.
The M2 and the M3 are considerably shorter than the M22, a vertical M2 may fit into your space. If you are deciding between M22s and M3s, get the M22s, they are an all around better speaker.
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The vp100 and vp150 are great speakers, why would you say you would be "stuck" with them.
Thus the parentheses around stuck.  I really dig the idea of all 3 fronts being the same for "seamless" audio, but im still educating myself here!
Now i just need to locate some Ascend vs Axiom impressions...
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Thanks. That helps. I'm really liking the idea of three identical speakers to front my home theater.
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