Sire M7

Hello again fellow TB'ers,
I found myself reading as usual and decided to check out the Sire site to see what they have going on over there. Mind you I was floored when i saw the basses they show and the specs of said basses mixed with those prices (I think there needs to be a cleanup of my work area). What intrigued me the most was the M7 series (granted the V7 is nothing to poke a stick at). Having little in the way of places to test one of these out here in small town south GA, I look to the guiding words of TB'ers who may have had a chance to give these a chance. I love what they say they have going for/on them. My only qualm is the lack of maple fretboards in the M7 series, if they had that I'd probably save and order one on good faith. So to those of you who have tried these, what are your thoughts? What do they compare to?