Mitch, I am not sure what the doctor has to say, but I emphatically feel that with all of the money you have invested in upgrading the crossover and wiring, considering the pretty high level of the Hales woofer and cabinetry, the weak point of your speakers at this point is clearly, Clearly, CLEARLY the tweeter.
Tweeters are the drivers that have possibly come the furthest in the past 10 years. And, they sure had far to come. At that time, the Dynaudio Esotar, Esotec, Morel MDT33, and ScanSpeak Revelator were the best you could get. Outside of the Esotec and Morel, none could really be considered reasonably priced, but all were MUCH (orders of magnitude) more expensive than the everyday Vifa/Seas/whatever metal domes in most speakers.
In your case, unfortunately, you were on the cusp of the arrival of the better affordable tweeters, but fell on the bad side of the fence.
JUST UPGRADE THE DAMN TWEETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll love it! But, as I also told you before, please give it 50 hours before you really judge it.
Tweeters are the drivers that have possibly come the furthest in the past 10 years. And, they sure had far to come. At that time, the Dynaudio Esotar, Esotec, Morel MDT33, and ScanSpeak Revelator were the best you could get. Outside of the Esotec and Morel, none could really be considered reasonably priced, but all were MUCH (orders of magnitude) more expensive than the everyday Vifa/Seas/whatever metal domes in most speakers.
In your case, unfortunately, you were on the cusp of the arrival of the better affordable tweeters, but fell on the bad side of the fence.
JUST UPGRADE THE DAMN TWEETER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll love it! But, as I also told you before, please give it 50 hours before you really judge it.