Quote Originally Posted by accastil
hi kex. are you saying that there is really nothing i can do to somehow tame the brightness of my 20's? how about changing my player or my receiver or my power amp? how about bi-amping? how about damping the speaker grill with a more dense material? ill be doing all of these to hear the difference but maybe you or some other dudes in this forum has a better idea.
I didn't find bi-amping did anything positive for my 20's or 40's other than increased power that I didn't really need. But I suppose you could try it.
I wouldn't damp the grill at all...you'll probably do more harm than good, or in the best case just lower the volume a bit for all frequencies above 200 Hz or so. Then it'll sound boomy and bright.

How do you have them placed? I found with the Studio 40's especially that almost no toe-in was the best. The off-axis resonse of those speakers really tames the high end and lowers that "brigthness", while increasing the soundstage. Give it a try.

You migth also consider room treatments. If you have bare walls, floors, ceiling at any of the reflection points, you'll tend to get a livelier sound that can add to the fatigue.