Thanks for the suggestions, Michael. My piano problems are more or less solved. It seems there was a push in the mids that repositioning the speakers and the acoustic treatments have reduced dramatically.
Last night I listened to Mozart's Requiem by José van Dam, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rudolf Scholz, a 1990 CD of a 1975 recording.
The female soloist was a little rough, with some glare that was limited to a narrow frequency range. I replayed the first part after listening all the way through and noticed a lot less glare than I remember from the first go around. Perhaps all the gear had warmed up a bit? Also, out of laziness, I neglected to throw a quilt over my 55" RPTV that sits between and behind the Ohms.
I am getting the feeling that I don't think I will be able to improve on the Ohm Walsh 2000s without dropping significantly more coin. Since spending more for the forseeable future is impossible, I am getting close to a decision to keep these. They are not perfect, but I think with better cables, the spiked bases I mentioned before, and a few more improvements to the room, they could be as close to perfect as possible for under about $10K.
