There are tons of interesting ideas on this thread.
But I'm going to reiterate: you can't fix what you can't measure.
Get a USB measurement mic from Parts Express. Use it, and post a FR plot.
Let's see exactly what we're dealing with. Then you'll also see what your improvements do. It's possible that relatively minor adjustments in speaker placement could yield the improvements you're looking for.
Ears are great and all, but the placebo effect is all too real - I worked in Pharma QA, and it is frankly terrifying. It is only now, more than 20 years later, that studies suggest Prozac MIGHT work better than a placebo, for example. The analogy to various audio tweaks is left as an exercise..
But I'm going to reiterate: you can't fix what you can't measure.
Get a USB measurement mic from Parts Express. Use it, and post a FR plot.
Let's see exactly what we're dealing with. Then you'll also see what your improvements do. It's possible that relatively minor adjustments in speaker placement could yield the improvements you're looking for.
Ears are great and all, but the placebo effect is all too real - I worked in Pharma QA, and it is frankly terrifying. It is only now, more than 20 years later, that studies suggest Prozac MIGHT work better than a placebo, for example. The analogy to various audio tweaks is left as an exercise..