How to tame brightness

Nisna, folded tissue tapped to the baffle sometimes works.

Do what Kal said. I had my room treatments done after I purchased speakers and it is a world of difference. Like upgrading speakers.

If that doesn't work buy some flour. :)

Gmc56-Did you see Duke's(Audiokinesis)response?
I think you should give that a try;I think it will address your concerns quite well as I knew a guy who ran Polk SDA's and he did as Duke mentioned with great success.

The best is to use some absorbers on the wall

It might be that you have an issue with RF pollution getting into your system. I have found that a simple DIY RC filter across the speaker terminals can greatly reduce system brightness and make the sound more musical. Here's how you can try this out:

Solder a .01uF Multicap RTX cap in series to a 10ohm, 1 watt PRP resistor (both available from PartsConnexion for a total cost of ~$4.00). Connect the capacitor end to the (+) terminal of the speaker, and the resistor end to the (-) terminal of the speaker. Take a listen. When I did this I heard more detail and a more relaxed and musical, less bright presentation. I also put them on the amplifer outputs as well after they made a difference on the speaker end - that made less of a difference.

Give it a shot - it's only $4.00 and a few minutes!