long term disappointments?

NHT 3.3's. I don't care how well they image, how deep the base(very one notey), or how loud they can play. On a short audition at a dealer I thought this was THE SPEAKER. After a few months I couldn't take the harshness of the treble.The one thing that I have come to relize that is most impotant in any piece of audio gear is musicaliy. The NHT's couldn't play music.

Note that all of the speakers listed above were very favorably reviewed in the magazines at one time or another... something to think about.

As much as I liked the B&W Nautilus 803N in dark cherry, I simply couldn't listen to them in the nearfield for more than a few minutes before wanting to get up and walk away.
What a dsappointment! Tough to return, too, as the elliptical shape had them rolling around the back of my Legacy wagon!

Whenever I wanted to rock these speakers were not up to the task. They sounded very thin with no guts, irritating is the best way I can put it. I owned them for about 6 months and really wanted to like them. I had to sell them at a big loss.

HifiHarv made an excellent point. Kudos to him for bringing this up. Sean
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