I own them. It goes without saying that you need to get the room acoustics right. I would carpet the floor as a start.
I had the same problem with harshness and over bright sound using numerous SS amps. Then I finally took a friends advice who told me that I needed tube power amps. He was absolutely correct it was like magic I promise you. Then I got a 6SN7 based preamp and it got even better. I added a critical Cardas interconnect between the preamp and the monoblocks -get golden something I have golden refs a few years old. Finally I used Jena lab all copper braid speaker cables and the system and speakers sound incredible!
AND NO NO NO a tube preamp will not work I repeat a tube pre will not substitute for the tube power amps. You are better off with a SS pre and tubed power I promise.
I had the same problem with harshness and over bright sound using numerous SS amps. Then I finally took a friends advice who told me that I needed tube power amps. He was absolutely correct it was like magic I promise you. Then I got a 6SN7 based preamp and it got even better. I added a critical Cardas interconnect between the preamp and the monoblocks -get golden something I have golden refs a few years old. Finally I used Jena lab all copper braid speaker cables and the system and speakers sound incredible!
AND NO NO NO a tube preamp will not work I repeat a tube pre will not substitute for the tube power amps. You are better off with a SS pre and tubed power I promise.