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

Fatiguing speakers seem to be best suited for home theater.  That’s where I put my Def Techs.

Starting sixty years ago... the AR3's were pretty good, Bose 901s... were they a joke?  My Time Window 3s were nothing much.  Went trough all the B&W Models up to 800, they were just ok (although heard the well broken in new 802Ds, pretty good) then all Wilsons. the Watt Puppy 7s could peel paint if needed.  My Yvettes with the new tweeters are very good, better than the first Sasha.  Speech?  You mean like Cohen?  Good topic.

@cd318, yes there is. It is called an ESL.

Wow I can't believe the negative crap I hear. Most of the speakers that were mentioned are pretty darn good. I do agree some of the speakers that was mentioned cost wise is simply insane but if you are fortunate enough to buy that particular set of speakers go for it. 

Wow I can’t believe the negative crap I hear. Most of the speakers that were mentioned are pretty darn good.

Most people dont know and dont understand that it is the acoustic that create the Sound quality on par and sometimes more than the electronic design....

Very few people has lived a complete transformation of S.Q. coming from speakers embedded in a rightful way in the right acoustical setting....

Simple.... They " magically" attribute sound to the speakers.... 😁

Saying that  speakers X is "bright" make no sense most of the times save for very few small bad designed box....

They would better think about the huge impact of the  acoustical setting of the room, the vibrations affecting their speakers and the noise floor of the house electrical grid....