I'm also thinking he has all that PMC kit and he's using Naim amplification, where's the Brystons, surely that's what the speakers might have been designed with?

That room is definitely not suitable for those speakers, I bet it was harsh, bright and generally a mess.

They don't even look right in that room, better hope someone doesn't open that door into the left one, and a large window next to the right one [emoji6]

Methinks he'd be better wasting, sorry I mean spending his money elsewhere, like, on a new room first.

Even reducing the width of that unit so the speakers can get into the room a bit would help I'm sure, were they tried in front of the unit closer together? If I spent that sort of cash, I would be expecting to be bouncing off the walls with delight at the sound quality, if not they'd go straight back.