Your post has been extremely helpful. Thank you!!!
You are right and have saved me from wandering down a path that would likely not lead where I want to go.
The 222X series of speakers are more what I was looking for as a mid bass, just didn't realize it until your post. Your insight and links gave me a few days of really interesting reading and prompted further searching and help me to pick a path, actually two.
The speakers that I have and where I really want to go point to a 4 way system, a version of the 4343 if you will, so I will begin the search for a pair 222X's.
In the mean time I still want a 'ready to play' pair of speakers and having been relieved of the constraint of find a pair with a particular woofer I am free to pick the from the best (sound, price, aesthetics, availability etc.) 3 way JBLs with a 12" woofer that I can find. I need to develop that list. Fun stuff.
Thanks again!
Steve