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I have a pair of Martin Logan Aerius i and find they give a fantastic sound with none of the faults you mention although granted they are a different design. Assuming enough similarities in the design I hope the following might help.
I have mine biamped, fed by two Quad 909s (140watts per channel). I have tried them with other Quad amps, 303 and 405, and even with the 100 watts per channel of the 405 they sounded a bit weedy/strained/restrained (difficult to describe). So, 25 watts per channel sounds rather optimistic.
I also have very heavyweight velvet curtains behind them and have them firing down a 15x10ft room, 30 inches from the cutains and about 15 inches from the side walls with them toed in so that an imaginary line from them crosses in front of the listening position. I have carpet over a concrete floor which may help with the woofer being placed rather low and close to the floor. It may be worth trying is to adjust the amount they tilt back.
One thing to bear in mind is that electrostatics tend not to sound as full-on as many box speakers. In its place you get wonderful transparency, uncoloured sound and excellent transients. This can show up problems further up the line and reveal all sorts of horrors in your CD player and amps!
Best of luck and hope you manage to get them to sing!
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