Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
I dunno, two of the dealers in my area (one of which closed last year) don't stock the Monitor 3 because from what they told me at least, the majority of their standmount customers pick between the Mini and the 5, and don't bother with the 3. In addition, the Monitor 5 is also frequently auditioned by customers who are considering the Monitor 7, because the driver configuration on the two speakers is identical. I much preferred the 5 over the 7, because in my listenings the 5 imaged better and it had less cabinet resonance than the 7.

I pointed out the Absolute Sound review because you seem certain that few people outside of Kex and myself would like the 5. One review isn't the end all, but that plus my observations on this and other boards provides plenty of fodder to the contrary. It's fine to have your own preference, but reinforcing it by speculating on how few or how many people share your observations is a tangental presumption.
You and Kex prefer the 5's over the other standmounts. Nothing wrong with that. Just as a few people such as Rga and I prefer the 3's. All four of us are in the minority. The 3's and the 5's do not sell in quantity as the mini's and 7's. If you listen to these boards, people own the mini's, 7's and 11's the most. If the 5's sold well such as the 40's, these boards would be full of monitor 5 enquiries and questions. They are not. Nobody talks about the 3's either, but to me they are a definate improvement for the money over the mini's and 5's.