OK, here's today's gush for thought...
At some point, a couple other AK'ers were mulling over the idea of bypassing the pots on the back of the W90's, something I was against at first. But then I decided to try mine full-up, and it wasn't offensive in the way it used to be (I had removed some stuff in here and opened up the room quite a bit since I last messed with the pots, and the bass response was much better now, allowing me to raise the mid and tweeter pots). Since trying them full-on this last time, I've settled on having the tweeters at full and the midwoofers backed off a hair, which smoothes out the highs by dialing back a little of that midrange grit (Plus, the room adds a noticeable notch in the midrange, and dialing the midwoofers back a bit somehow eliminates this). The W90's have quite a learning curve, but once you begin to understand them, you can basically tailor them to sound right in ANY room, plus you can also tailor them to your individual tastes. It's a hell of a thing, how these speakers just get better and better, the more you mess with them (Just don't do it when you're stoned, otherwise you'll probably just end up making them worse).
I used to joke about this, but the W90's really ARE the Bentley S3 Continental of speakers... Tell me I'm wrong.
By the way, John C. Reilly is a comic genius of near-epic proportions.