Sir,
Your Pavlovian response to the M3 TM is not surprising, nor your desire to jump up the food chain to the X2's. I have no doubt the X2's are a significant upgrade from the M3's, no question. My take is that the SA speakers thrive with a powerful amplifier, but sound quite fine with modest tube amps. Please start a thread with your impressions of your new speakers. Be forewarned that your speakers will take a long time to break in. At 100 hours they settle in, are better sounding with 250 hours, and hit their stride with 1000 hours. Cheers!
Your Pavlovian response to the M3 TM is not surprising, nor your desire to jump up the food chain to the X2's. I have no doubt the X2's are a significant upgrade from the M3's, no question. My take is that the SA speakers thrive with a powerful amplifier, but sound quite fine with modest tube amps. Please start a thread with your impressions of your new speakers. Be forewarned that your speakers will take a long time to break in. At 100 hours they settle in, are better sounding with 250 hours, and hit their stride with 1000 hours. Cheers!