why not?

i've just got some nice light wood fittings in my lounge and fancied
replacing my 200 year old, black, Sanyo, 35 watt, wall mount speakers with
something in light wood - now i have to say, i bought this sanyo midi system
around 20 years ago when all the components (seperates) where actually built
in Japan - with the exclusion of these speakers which are British built (i
always suspected they are jpw) - the speakers have always had a creamy bass
sound and very crisp at the top end - but it's the only set i've had for 20
years so i figure things must got a lot better by now

spotted some eltax symphony 4.3, 90wt speakers in exact finish/colour i
want - look very sexy compared to my old speakers - shiny chrome bi-wirable
connectors (not that i buy into that), got solid wood finish (figure
acoustics be great), very heavy, solid looking + bass port in the back -
made my old speakers look very mickey mouse - only went in shop to look at a
disk drive but i just gotta have these speakers so i bought em

took em home, though i better check the sound before drilling any holes in
them

blew the spiders out from behind one of the sanyos, unclipped the old bell
wires, clipped the end of the wires for a shiny copper connection and
screwed it down tightly onto an eltax then cranked up my 2 x 65 amp to
around 25%

i nearly cried - it sounded crap - poor bass and not very crisp - seemed to
be stuck in middle gear

swapped the speakers round - maybe they weren't getting a fair crack at each
other - but nope - in fact the eltax sounded even worse (by comparison to my
old sanyo) - pulled the diffuser off the eltax (maybe it was muffling the
sound) - bit better

ok - i'll try some proper speaker wire - fitted some 72 strand (i think)
wire - it was thicker anyhow - sounded a bit better

ok - i'll bi-wire it - so i did - sounded a lot better but still poor next
to my sanyo (which is still connected to bell wire, which hasn't been
removed for around 12 years)

gave the eltax every possible advantage i could, i wanted them so bad, but
i've had to put my sanyos back up in my living room (they were laughing at
me when i did it) and gonna use the eltax on my computer

wassup? - how much would i need to spend to replace my age ollllll sanyo
speakers with something nearly as good?