Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm more confident in buying the MM as my next IEM now.
I was hearing good things about Kublai Khan, EVO, Sultan, Turii, and u12t for metal/rock, but I really wanted to go TOTL with the hype of MM. I just wasn't sure if I'd be missing out when it comes to my favorite genre on the Mentor since I haven't heard much people mention those genres on this IEM.
I owned EVO for best part of a year. I think was ok with metal but the bass dominance got boring after a while. It clouded the treble making it seem rolled off and lack air imho.
U12t I found a bit boring for metal.
I recently own Aroma Thunder which is good for metal. But I’m picky and sold it because of the laid back nature and I want more separation. Still, a lovely coherent listen with fast DD.
I see you’ve got Sony IER-Z1R? How do you find this with metal? I’ve been looking to get one to pair with my Sony sources, but worry about fit, lack of coherency, recessed mids etc.
I’m also looking at MM to be fair. But fear I’d miss the DD bass. (Aside: I recently tried Phonix and marginally preferred Thunder to it because of the lack of DD in Phonix)
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