Don’t fight your speakers.

For me, it's don't fight the room.  You get off the upgrade merry-go-round a lot faster when that is right and speakers sound closer to the dealer demo when you get them home.

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@curiousjim 

I agree a good room is a good start. It's gets a little complicated though because rooms can be treated and some speakers work better in some rooms than others. So a good room and a good speaker that's well suited to that room with appropriate acoustical treatments, which in some cases may be met with simple furnishings, and you're off to a great start.

Right now I'm temporarily using a very compromised system composed of a a pair of old Klipschorns mated to a bottom of the line Denon receiver. The system has its obvious sonic defects but those Klipshorns seem to get along well with that room and it makes it easy to enjoy the music. In a way it makes it more enjoyable because I expect so little from that Denon receiver and yet it really is fun to listen to for hours at a time with all sorts of music and sound tracks. 

After purchasing two and auditioning a third top model from the same manufacture my listening sessions grew short. Whether I was fighting the speakers or simply fatigued by them it took a side by side comparison with my current speakers that revealed the issue.

While quality and expense were on a higher level, indistinguishable driver cohesiveness was the immediate standout of my fatigue along with better time and phase. After living with them shortcomings in other speakers quickly stand out. 

If speakers seem to get in the way of my personal standards and divert any attention away from the music, they're outta here. I seem to get bored or curious sometimes, order some new speakers, and send 'em back or sell 'em off...the only way to really know if you like them is to try them in your system, and I am very happy with my "special edition" Heresy IIIs...the titanium mid horns just work better than the plastic redesigned IV's mids, and these speakers are very revealing of the other stuff in the gear heap...in a good way.