I'm very sensitive to treble in general and find that my ET3SE does not accentuate treble. It's wired correctly with respect to phase and my living room consists of a large leather couch, glass coffee table and hardwood flooring. No carpeting or other sound absorbing material present...not ideal I know but yet my system is not bright sounding.
I also heard the ET3 in store, in an untreated room played on B&W speakers (which have been characterized by some as bright sounding), and didn't find that it emphasized treble.
So it may be very well that the reviewer wired up the system wrong.
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Harbeth M30.1, McIntosh MC275 VI, Conrad Johnson ET3SE, Music Hall DAC 25.2, MacMini (source).
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