Unfortunately, the elephant in the room...is the room itself. The room and setup will yield half of what you hear. Unless the room is acoustically as neutral as possible no speaker can sound it's best. Based on various poster's descriptions of their room I would venture a guess that the room and setup is the culprit for unpleasant sound, not the gear itself.
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