One problem with auditioning monitors in a store is that a noisy stage is an entirely different environment. Lots of spectrum masked by loud bass or clanging cymbals, buzzy guitars and such. Something that sounds neutral on it's own may sound thin on stage with all the other stuff going on.
Of course if it sounds big and chesty on stage it's only adding to the problem.
Maybe one could take them out to the main floor at a Guitar Center on a Saturday afternoon and see how easily you can hear yourself.
Setting them up and playing them at moderate volume at home they sounded a tad boxy. Running pink noise and an RTA outside they were actually pretty darn flat. On stage, you don't hear them barking at you, but you can hear yourself well. Not sure how well they'd work with a dense mix of instrumentation coming through them. Smallish HF driver is probably going to run out of gas. I need to get more gigs on them in different situations to get the full measure of them.
The compact size, even pattern from the coax and steep angle are all great for the money though.