@audionacious.... I did the same thing in the fall of 2009 with the same speakers, which were a new model at the time. After reading through hundreds of posts here in several threads from Ohm owners, a pattern emerged which, IME, accurately characterized the sonic qualities of Ohm speakers in general. Ohm's house sound is extremely uniform throughout the Walsh models (I also own a pair of Micro Walsh Talks for surround). Just give them time to break in. IME, the 2000s went through dramatic changes before settling down about 2 months into the trial period. In six months, I felt they were fully broken in. IMHO, these are killer speakers at or near their price, even the new higher price. Please keep us posted, and enjoy your Ohm's!