Quote Originally Posted by manek
bright speakers can be tamed in many ways..
1) Speaker cables 2) Interconnect cables are usually the causes of bright speakers.
Is this something that you measured or imagined? The only instances where swapping out cables made any difference in my system was when I swapped out a pair of poorly shielded OEM interconnects, and that eliminated some audible interference. But, compared to the easily measurable and verifiable differences that room treatments make, cabling makes a minimal difference, hardly what anyone can truthfully say "are usually the causes of bright speakers." You mean that swapping out the cables will instantly cause a measurable attenuation in the high frequencies? I didn't think so.

Quote Originally Posted by manek
Onkyo receivers are inherently bright and edgy like all AV receivers so nothing new.
And I presume that you've listened to ALL AV receivers, and know this to be fact? And if they're ALL bright and edgy, what amplification then does not sound bright and edgy?