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


OK, controversial subject but it needs asked. I'm curious for your experiences, mainly in your home, not a dealer and esp. not a show demo
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In my home:

Focal (demo), Klipsch Palladium (owned), B+W Diamond Series (demo)

In someone else's home:

Tekton with the Be upgrade, Wilson with the Focal tweeters (no shocker, however I DO like the Wilsons with the new Soft Dome tweeter)

Demoed in multiple stores:

Paradigm Persona, the entire line-up.  The ONLY time I thought they sounded good was a pair of the 7's with McIntosh Electronics, using Vinyl as the source.


B&W 703s with Rotel front end. My first system. Upper mids shredded my ears and they had to be cranked to open the mids up.
Sadly I feel the current models have the same issue.
I have low ceilings, so I really don't know if this is indicative of anything but my room, but:

Focal 936s. Even with burn in, they were really too bright. Fantastic soundstage, though.

ML Motion 60s XTi. Also too bright, but a lovely airy quality too.

And of course the worst speaker of all time, the Tekton Moabs. Could there be a worse, more cheaply built, crap speaker? Oy. (Just kidding. Just having some fun with their fanboy.)