I'm selling my purplehearts and someone inquired as to why I prefer the ebonies and mahoganies over them. I posted something similar in the past regarding the PHs and Mahoganies, but I thought I'd add this since I also included the ebonies in my response:
"A number of people have inquired, but no one has pulled the trigger yet. The reason I prefer the ebonies takes a little explanation. I bought all 3 variants (obviously) after I fell in love with the mahoganies and I couldn't resist checking out the so-called improvements. The differences among the three are very subtle. The purplehearts have a very small amount of increased treble energy to my ears. I can't even really notice it in quick A-B comparisons, but where I start to notice it is over long listening sessions, I would start to feel treble fatigue on particularly treble hot tracks. But, keep in mind that I feel like I'm treble sensitive. Also, because the peak of the bass curve is a little higher up the frequency response, I started to notice the mids being ever so slightly recessed compared to the mahoganies. Again, all of this is pretty subtle, but owning all three and needing to get rid of one, it became obvious that the PHs are just a little to "fun" for my tastes.
Comparing the Mahoganies and the Ebonies is even more nuanced. I think the ebonies are just a little more refined everywhere. The bass seems to extend just a little better, and the treble has lost just a tiny bit of edge. Again, barely noticeable if at all in short A-B comparisons, it seems to come out more over listening lengths of at least a track or two that is particularly treble hot. I used to listen to the mahoganies with EQ, I don't listen to the ebonies with EQ. If I ever only owned one of any three of these, I would have loved any one of them, the PHs included."
