B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness?

Dunno if bright is the proper term, they seem to have a lot of upper midrange energy and call attention to themselves

@onehorsepony 

Too bright !!!!! How do l tone down?
 

If your upper midrange / tweeters are too bright, turn your speakers upside down.

It’s logical….try it, it’s not a joke. It will cost nothing.

The tweeters will not be at ear level. The bass will be at ear level solving your other problem too. Some solutions can sound illogical or whacky, but this can work with some speakers.

Has anyone else tried this? It has a similar effect like the differences listening with speaker grills off or on.

You have nothing to loose thinking outside the boxes……so to speak.

It would be really interesting to see 802d speakers upside down.

My N801s were too in my face until I put a tube amp on the high end.  It seemed to sort of smooth out the mids and highs.  

Bill

+1 tomcarr.  Try no toe in. 

@onehorsepony 

I know the feeling.  I had the opposite experience of what everyone said I should have with a bright sound.  I have Wilson Sophia 1 that everyone, friend, dealers and Wilson say have a brighter presentation with the titanium inverted dome tweeter compared to their newer soft dome tweeters.  I tried the Alexia 1, Sasha DAW and now have the Yvettes up for sale because all those were bright in my room.  Maybe things would be 'normal' for you and the newer Wilsons would work.  They are beautiful sounding speakers, in general, so if you haven't considered them I would.  There are many different models to choose from used at your budget.  Good luck!