Greetings fsonicsmith:) Personally I like the sound pushing outside the speakers. Regarding the ref 6 experience.
An analogy. Some houses in the suburbs around here have houses all in rows. A home shares a property line with a house to the left and to the right. And their lawns meet at the lines. So a guy has a tractor mower and he mows all 3 front lawns (the neighbors have push mowers). He starts at the front of the homes and with nice cuts/lines mows until he hits the street. So, this guys young son wants to ride that tractor mower sumpth'n fierce (what kid wouldn't:), and, the guy really doesn't want to mow (it's flipp'n hot out there!). So two birds one stone, up youngster gets on that bad boy and... yeeehaw, gits r going. Wellllll... there are loops n circles n zig-zags n more. Patches are cut, others not. Its a patchwork maze. Some places they way should be and others not making it. Kinda like my ref 6 experience. The property lines are the speakers and the mower went outside the property line. And the lawn got mowed, just not nicely or completely... it did not come together into a beautiful picture. Granted the room or the speaker location may have played a role... Hey now, I never said it was a great analogy, lol :) Will give the ref 6 another go sometime soon though:)
Thank you!