mxy15, you have nailed it with the "crisp" thing. That was the first thing I noticed when I fired up my 950/770 combo. You do get use to it after a while, in fact I now prefer it. But as you mentioned, crossover makes all the difference. Using the specs included with my speakers, I set the crossovers as I thought fit. Wrong! Play around with them, you will be amazed at the difference, (of course having a quality sub woofer makes all the difference when changing the crossovers). Have a little fun with the 950 and give it some time.