I don't think anyone has claimed this (in the last comments).
It was said that "Some mention that they are not very subtle, and a bit harsh...". I then went into this, using the measurements as a basis.
Interpretation of measurements is anything but "sound-la-la-land", because this is exactly what measurements are made for. The interpretation I made is actually quite obvious if you look at the in-room responses of the R3 shown by @napilopez in post#866. There is in the mentioned range around 2-3kHz the in-room response a bit too prominent.
Must everyone see it that way? No, but my argumentation is based on measurements from different sources.
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Okay,... anecdotal evidence is stupid, I got that.
Those measurements are interesting. I'd still say that they are best approached not by cutting at ~2.8k, but by bringing up the 800-2.5k region. You might need a very slight cut at the peak, but bringing up the dip would appear to result in nice flat downward tilt.
I have a pair of R3s that I had used on my desktop where I quite liked them. When I tried them in the main space (a large open-concept area), the narrow(er) dispersion sounded a bit dull compared to what was there before (flat tapered baffle speakers). We're in the process of moving, and I have an opportunity to just go buy something like a pair of Revels, but am going to try the R3 + MiniDSP SHD + subs first. I'm intrigued as to what I find.