Continuing Event ASP 8 woes

Well I got these back from the service agent and they're fine now. I did notice I had to bump the High-Shelf up by 1dB for them to sound sufficiently open. Any other users had a similar experience? They seem to be fairly mid-forward monitors, which is cool, but a closed high-end is something I cannot deal with.
 
A few costs creeped up and I can't afford them sadly. Maybe in the future, but for the moment my money is going into making more acoustic treatment, getting outboard gear and... well, other assorted crap.