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

@ kenjit,

"I remember hearing some Vivid Audio speakers and whilst their advanced metal drivers had tremendous dynamics (I cant remember hearing any better) they did have an unpleasant sharpness to the treble that could get borderline painful."

which model?

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I didn’t want to mention the exact model because I couldn’t remember for sure.
However I did remember posting a summary on here not long afterwards on here.


Here it is - from 26.09.2018


Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?

After weeks of waiting I finally got to visit The UK Audio Show 2018 (Woodland Grange, UK) at the weekend. They had some impressive speakers there including the curvy, strokeable Vivid Kaya 90 - amazing dynamics, scale, imagery and dare I say it, the merest hint of metallic tinged timbre?

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/best-loudspeakers-for-rich-timbre?page=5

For a speaker with sweet treble and no moving mass tweeter check out Lansche Audio.


Mat
www.jjaudiosolutions.com

This is a generalized question. It depends greatly on your ears, your room. It depends greatly on what you are feeding into those bright harsh sounding speakers. If you are using aluminum or titanium drivers, horn compression drivers they can seem harsh or bright on the wrong electronics. I found using a tube amplifier smooths out the harshness and instead of being harsh and bright it is detailed and smooth and can listen for hours with no fatigue.. Certain solid state amplifiers will make bright speakers sound harsh it is all how you set your system up.

Disappointing speakers for me:

Wilson Sophia (original version)
Aerial Acoustics 7B
Roman Audio Centurion
Meadowlark Shearwater HR
Usher X929
Von Schweikert VR2

Paradigm persona series, that beryllium Tweeter and mid-range are so hard bright and cold it's not even funny.