I suggest you try some room treatment, I have yet to hear a system sound realistic without any room treatment regardless of the price. Start with a small amount of treatment and slowly add till you achieve the correct balance for your room and equipment, there are many websites and posts on audiogon which can advise you on which brands and where to begin. If your room is not properely treated you will constantaly be changing equipment and never achieving the required results.I have seen countless adds on Audiogon selling state of the art equipment set up in a bare reflective room which cannot possibly achieve the maximum results the equipment is capable of.
Mike
Mike