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

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.

A lot of Klipsch. Including all their new Bluetooth stuff like Sixes. And LS50 from KEF, completely overrated (Xeo 2 from the Danes is spectacular at that price range). 

Looks like we have mentioned every highly rated speaker.

I own the Focal Sopra 2’s, they are 8 feet out in the room. I have them on Iso-Acoustics Gaii-1’s footers. I also have in my room ASC tube traps in the corners, Stillpoints Aperture 2’s and other acoustic treatment. I am also using tube mono blocks.

Anyway, the Focal Sopra 2’ s are the best sounding speaker I have ever heard in my audio room. For those that say that the Focal’s are bright are just not setting them up properly and getting the most out of them.
And, that may be true for all speakers.

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For those that say that the Focal’s are bright are just not setting them up properly and getting the most out of them.
And, that may be true for all speakers.

For sure you are right no very well known designer of speakers at this price point is stupid...

Most people ignore totally that right out of the box in their room, no speakers at any price can work at their optimal and wished level of S.Q.

They ignore what i was ignoring totally myself before i discovered it by simple experiments in the last 2 years: Any audio system parts and the system itself must be rightfully mechanically and electrically and acoustically embedded...Reviewers sells gear they dont explain HOW to use it at all... Most of the times they ignore it themselves and it is easy to spot when you know....

No upgrade can replace these triple embeddings controls, only hide their fundamental impact behind apparent secondaries "upgrade" in S.Q.

Sorry for those who think they know some  speakers  because they have bought it....Or because it is mainly an firstly a matter of their  "taste"....Embeddings controls has nothing to do with "taste" and "upgrade" either to begin with.... "Taste" play his part at the end and at the last moment when all controls are in place, then someone can speak about "taste" for some speakers and less "taste" for another but  only IF the 2 branded names compared are rightfully embedded....Not before....