Take the horn driver, rest junk

Bout tree fiddy

If your DSP is “muddying” the sound I recommend to redo the process or try different filter correction methods.

Essentially any speaker system will benefit massively from proper use of these instruments. Improper use is generating IIR filters and using primitive parametric EQ filters to change the sound. This will destroy your phase response. Instead use FIR. Far more complex to implement, but the results are exponentially better.

Ghetto 4560 DIY with JBL G-7xx series parts (the horn and bass driver, mediocre drivers) and a bullet tweeter. Doubt these sound any good.

The bass driver COULD be an E-140-8 or similar, those are worth maybe $100, not terrible.

No. having a good setup will get rid of this effect.

Umik 1

Anything Genelec 8xxx series.

Try listing them at $1750

This is a subjectivity/objectivity or psychology debate. Many will argue that the different room, time, physical and mental states will heavily impact your impressions. But you’re probably right tbh.