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Hello following a successful time with M33s, I decided to get M2s. I have them plugged into a Gustard X16 DAC. Balanced out of the DAC but with XLR to phono at the speaker end.
They sound superb but not overly different to the M33s, I am not sure what I was expecting but the bass is not massively extended. Mids and trebles are nicer though.

It has been suggested that these work best with the 101 preamp, but I am struggling to wrap my head around why this would differ from the DAC? Would there be any merit in XLR to Din connection on the back of the speaker or is the Din and phono in principle the same?

I am not locking in volume because I am basically sat on them, but the M33s are defo more 'there' at lower volumes than these M2s, which appear to need welly to get going, too much for my distance from them.

Cheers!

Well to be fair give them a bit of welly and they sound incredible for their size! (I dont have stands!)