I own a pair of RS 8 from Selah Audio Rick Craig's now discontinued design !!!!! and I also complain of the unnaturalness of the mid's and lack of openess and transparency,Rick redisigned the crossovers but in vain . I use 8 Daytons RS 180 and 8 Fountek ribbons , unfortunately I am not good in electonics so I dont relly have the ability to mount a negative reducing circuit , but I wonder if there is anything on the market that is ready to plug in and could do the same job ??? I've also used DCX buy with little improvement. I am tempted to think that the Daytons are not a good option ? but maybe reducing the negative signal woul do the miracle happen. Any suggestions are welcome JP