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Thanks brucek. I should have mentioned that 90% of my listening is music of all sorts (country, jazz, hip-hop, rock, and classical) mostly Music Choice through digital Comcast Cable, iTunes through digital Airtunes connection or CDs. The other 10% is movies on DVD or cable On Demand. CDs and Airtunes digital sound the best. So, my primary concerns are music.

Your comments on EQ on the mains seems to be the opinions of others as well. And, there are seemingly experienced others who say they EQ their mains with good results. When you say "narrow filters could easily make things worse," specifically what are you referring to here and what is considered "narrow." I've already ordered some used Ranes PE 17s so I will at least give it a try.

Can anyone comment who has EQed their mains? I'd like to here what you have to say. As I noted previously, the Ranes have very good specs and are analog.

One other question is the slope of my room response curve. I've read all sorts of things about this and house curves, but I'm totally confused. My room is about 33x22x10 or 7200sf and open to other rooms. What should I be looking for here.

Bottom line is that I want a sound that I like, which is impactful, realistic, clean, balanced and on the level of a live performance. Currently I get great sound sometimes with certain sources and volume levels, but generally I don't think it's quite there. Maybe it is source material, but sometimes the sound is thin lacking bass impact, sometimes it's muddy, and sometimes high female vocals and loud saxophone are screechy. Other times it sounds great. Don't quite know what is going on but I'm trying to find a good compromise, without additional room treatments.

One problem I know I have is that my speakers are not far enough apart. They are only 80" apart and my main seating position is about 144". Nothing I can do about it though.

If it helps, attached is LF waterfall plot.

Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks.