Further to Caleb’s comment, the factory processing on the SM80 involves quite a lot of midrange reduction. Might be interesting to get another ear on it with the appropriate EQ in place.
Either way, congrats on the new rig; it sounds like it’s suiting your needs.
Interesting, where did you find the factory processing settings for the SM80? I have never seen or heard any mention of this in the op guide, spec sheet, or on the Danley website.
For the listening test I ran them flat, when I used them I had a EQ preset that I made myself that had a very slight boost at around 2K and a very slight cut at around 300Hz. I want to emphasize the boost and cut was very slight.
The SM80 always sounded very good to me with very little EQ. Of course I was using channel EQ on the input sources. I've had several BEs run my system over the years and I always asked if they applied much EQ to the Danleys. The answer was always no, they already sounded fine. I used the SM80s almost exclusively outdoors.