Your enthusiasm is a joy, and I'm relieved to hear that you don't find them "bright."

I too, feel the VP150 is the weakest chain in the link (do NOT interpret that as meaning I think the VP150 is "bad"). Keep working with it.

With apologies for belaboring the obvious, be sure the distance settings are correct in you receiver's speaker menu.

Enjoy!

Jack

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton