Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way?

B&W 703s with Rotel front end. My first system. Upper mids shredded my ears and they had to be cranked to open the mids up.
Sadly I feel the current models have the same issue.

I have low ceilings, so I really don't know if this is indicative of anything but my room, but:

Focal 936s. Even with burn in, they were really too bright. Fantastic soundstage, though.

ML Motion 60s XTi. Also too bright, but a lovely airy quality too.

And of course the worst speaker of all time, the Tekton Moabs. Could there be a worse, more cheaply built, crap speaker? Oy. (Just kidding. Just having some fun with their fanboy.)

To many to mention.

Green Mount Audio Europa. Bright and fatiguing describes the perfectly.

@bdgregory I consider your claim to be dubious, and if accurate, almost certainly related to your associated equipment.

I had the Europas, followed by the Callisto, and while the latter was certainly a step forward, I would never have characterized the former as "bright and fatiguing". I was using a Jeff Rowland Concentra integrated amp, and Electrocompaniet EMC-1up CD player.

There is a very detailed review of the Europas here on Audiogon, entitled "Review: Green Mountain Audio Europa Monitor". That user's experience is far more in line with most, I would say.

There are many more opinions on a thread entitled "A few questions for Green Mountain Europa owners", and the words "harsh" and "bright" are never used to describe the sound.

“And of course the worst speaker of all time, the Tekton Moabs. Could there be a worse, more cheaply built, crap speaker? Oy. (Just kidding. Just having some fun with their fanboy.)”

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