MD,

With all do respect, that day at your place, I thought the Ref1 and the 340's were much better in terms of harshness than the ELT. While I remember the M22 being brighter than the ELT, I do not remember them being harsh/distorted until the volume got turned up.

Judging by the numbers in your table, it seems the mids on the ELT are stronger than the RS750, and I did not feel that to be the case at all....even when I heard them at your place. The mids are the RS750's strong point. It also seems to suggest that the ELT has stronger mids than the Ref1.

My feeling is the ELT lacks in the mid-lower mids. One song that I think really demonstrates this is on the Dave Matthews Band "Crash" cd, track #4.

All in all, I agree with the above poster in what he heard.