What are the major differences between WE300, ER and ER TMs?
I read the WE300 are more „tubey“ and mid forward while ERs more neutral. How do they differ and does it make sense to complement the WE300s with ER/ER TMs?
There are already a lot of comparison posts in this thread from me and others, you can use the search function with my name.
TLDR: Yes, WE's have the typical tube sound, warm, wet, musical, lush, but with rolled off treble and subbass and a very nice decay. ER's are crystal clear, very fast (no decay), crisp (but never sharp), extremely detailed, exceptionally dynamic, not rolled off in either direction, but they tend to miss that special musicality.
Elrog MO's have that signature turned up to 11, the most detailed / dynamic, solid state sounding tubes i've heard, but they seriously lack any musicality in the midrange (i think the ER's are actually better in that aspect). They are truly impressive from a technical point though.
The Elrog TM's are perfection: They have 90% of all the technicalities of the Elrog house sound, but with added musicality and a decay that is to die for (which you miss in the normal Elrogs and normally have only with tubes that are more musical, like the WE's). They not only combine everything that's good, they just have no flaw or drawback. Except their ridiculous pricepoint, and the fact that they may not be as durable as the other Elrogs. I hope that mine will survive many more years.
WE's and ER's make a great complementary combination to swap them in and out depending on the mood / headphone. And of course you get double the tubes lifetime than with one single pair.
Taks have outstanding treble and also a great midrange, they lack some heft in the lowend though, otherwise they would be seriously nuts for their price.
