Klipsch Forte ii too bright, or is it my room ?


Help? Certain music makes my ears hurt from my bright sounding Klipsh Forte ii's (Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus), Or is it my room full of glass and tile? Or am I listening too loud (80 db), or my 1970's Pioneer receiver? I just ordered some dynamat to put on the rear of the horns. Some music is good though. I have often though about getting another pair of speakers so I can switch back and forth or run all four depending on the music. Any advise?
peterjc

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I hav3 owned. All but the Khorn and even with the best effort 
the Xover by far is the weakest link then connectors ,on series 4 
I believe they upgraded the wiring but the Xover parts inside 
are on par with Magnepan -Rubbish which I hav owned them also.I have been upgraded Xovers since 2k. Not even average in Anything IMO ,there’s your weak link 
upgrade to a much higher quality Xover cap to start
, I see it all to often even in$15-$20k speakers like Magico, and Marten , for example Mundorf
is good, the Supreme is their best Black color caps,the white Evo 
is a little better then average the white Evo silver gold oil capacitors this is what these $20kspeakers are using ,Why ? to save $$ .The cornwalls would be very-well suited with these capacitors That are a pretty decent and a good fit ,start with that and maybe Mundorfs Supreme resistors ,a substantial Sonic upgrade. The best capacitor setup I have found even vs the $$ 
Duelund cast capacitors is the excellent Jupiter Copperfoil caps 
with added 3% of the main capacitors value as a bypass cap the best out there VH audio CUTF bypass caps  you get the tone and depth as well as pristine topend I just incorporated this in a dac for a friend and preamp this applies to the tweeter, midrange not bass but a bit $$ 
we just did a Magico A5 which was made a very-good speaker 
exceptional , path audio resistors are the RR of resistors at $26 each $$ but great . Just go to Humble homemade hifi capacitor test, Tony has been doing cap reviews for 2 decades and pretty accurate . Vhaudio  does not donate free caps for reviews but very well know to DIY and techs  , I do  use the Vh Odam caps which are very good  on some builds ,more neutral but very detailed  depending on the system and speakers ,nothing is 
a perfect match Synergy is key 🔑.
Ozzy62 maybe I should have simplified it for you.most people don’t have 20+ years into mods throughout .
in the vast majority of speakers the Stock Xover is a liability ,
or weak link. The room for sure can be problematic .
not seeing the layout ,and damping,or lack of is hard to say what is needed