PSI Audio

i heard their two ways and they were very unpleasant. Horrible. They must have made a mistake with the crossover design. 

They are a working tools for perfectionists. Their job is to highlight everything in the mix. Listening outside of a well damped studio may be problematic.

Their job is to highlight everything in the mix.

yeah right. Why did they sound horrible regardless of what I played? I had several different cds with me. 

They were tuned incorrectly. Simple as that. Its amazing how many people, even professionals dont recognise bad sound even when it hits them in the face. 

i think it was A17m. From what I understand these are tuned flat as a ruler. Unfortunately some people find this too harsh including me. 
If they were retuned, i would be able to tolerate them. 

They were designed to MEASURE FLAT rather than SOUND GOOD. 
That was the mistake they made. 

Most, if not all, "audiophile" speakers have a roll-off in the highs above 10 khz, sometimes starting as low as at 5 khz. Often you also have a dip around 3 khz. That is to make it more "pleasant/musical/warm" for the listener. 

I always retune my speakers through dsp. I don’t find any speaker sounding good (to my ears) in a normal listening room without it. Mostly because of the room interaction. I’m sure the PSI A17m could be tuned to sound really good as a desk top speaker. But that might be to take away the idea with them, because the manufacturer is very proud of their tuning without using any form of dsp. I would like a lot to listen to the new A23m model.

If you're interested in pro monitors i would propose to you to have a listening to Quested. 

I don’t find any speaker sounding good (to my ears) in a normal listening room without it.

what curve do you apply?