Two different speakers in different price classes can be "night and day" but still each sound good in their own way.
The less expensive speakers should likely have more limitations but they can still sound "good" and do the things they do well.
Pedrillo, Shadorne may be on to something. From your pictures, I've long suspected your room acoustics could be quite challenging.
The jury is also still out for me also regarding the benefits versus disadvantages of hanging speakers from bungees rather than coupling them more tightly to the room and it's acoustics.
Have you tried a more conventional approach to locating the speakers as an experiment in particular since having heard the MBL sound that you like?
The less expensive speakers should likely have more limitations but they can still sound "good" and do the things they do well.
Pedrillo, Shadorne may be on to something. From your pictures, I've long suspected your room acoustics could be quite challenging.
The jury is also still out for me also regarding the benefits versus disadvantages of hanging speakers from bungees rather than coupling them more tightly to the room and it's acoustics.
Have you tried a more conventional approach to locating the speakers as an experiment in particular since having heard the MBL sound that you like?