What CD did you use for the demo's?
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We used the new Queens of the Stone Age (Era Vulgaris) cd for vocal testing, Nine Inch Nails (Year Zero) cd for bass/low freq testing, Coldplay (X&Y) for mids, and Muse (Black Holes and Revelations/Absolution) for high freq testing.
Most of the speakers failed our vocal test off the bat but some (PSB M2, B&W 805S, Dali Mentor 2) sounded exactly the same. Then in low freq test the PSB just had too much bass. In mid testing B&W and Dali were the same but on highs testing the Dali's excelled over the B&W's. And even thought we were looking for "neutrality" the Dali's didn't make any of the songs boring, but actually exciting because of the new things we were hearing on the recordings.
I really recommend the PSB M2's though since they only failed our low freq test. We were heavily leaning on those until we heard Nine Inch Nails. And the bass wasn't really all that overpowering, but it just wasn't our cup of tea. And the mids and highs were still very clear over the bass.