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

I’m inclined to agree. My modest music centre did sound pretty good in our old house. My current system is supposedly vastly superior but not as satisfying.

I will repeat myself but if someone has not lived through a complete transformation of an audio system, without any upgrade of gear, reaching a higher new scale of S.Q. with acoustic treatment and controls ( non electronic one in my case) it is UNIMAGINABLE...

And most people has never experienced it , and if so on an uncomplete and small scale...

My luck is i own a room only for my audio experiments, nothing else, then i lived throught this astounding metamorphosis of a frustrating low cost system to a new one so good that even any system at any price will not urge me to upgrade.... My system is by no means the best there is, but is embedded the best i could during my last 2 years experiments...

If the vibraphone and the piano or the orchestra are in the room with natural timbre perception in 2 listening positions the goal is achieved...

Nobody can exagerate the impact of acoustic, everyone is engaged in the valuation impact of electronic design of amplifier or dac they just bought.... This is consumerism blind to the necessary measures and works linked to the controls of the 3 working dimensions of any audio system....Valorizing mainly electronic design  is an half truth that hide the audio journey precious goal: everybody with a modest system but a good one can enjoy true hi-fi experience modulo the rightful embeddings controls...

My saying is not very popular among those who boast with 200,000 bucks system for sure, especially when they never  have put a great effort in their acoustic management... 😁

But acoustic is more around  80 % of the S.Q. than around 50 %, of the potential which a system can deliver.... i increase my percentage in the last 2 months because of my new Helmholtz room tuner and bottles flabbergasting  impact ... 😊

mahgister would you like me to come round and evaluate your speakers?  I am pretty sure they are out of tune.

Infinity Quantum Line Source = ear bleed.

Can't agree more with @danvignau I, too, own a pair of the latest B&W 800 series and I don't find them bright at all.   I'm also someone who can't stand bright sounding system.   I have had tinnitus for years and bright sound aggravates it.

I remembered auditioning the B&W in a few dealers and they all sounded bright to me.   But I took the leap of faith and purchased them anyway because I owned a pair of B&W CM7 and they sounded great.  I pair my 804 D3 with Parasound pre and power amps JC-2 and JC-5 and they sound great with lots of details and not bright at all.   I think pairing the speakers to the right electronics is the key.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.  Thanks.