dohdough
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If there’s one word to describe the M9’s, it’s luscious. Everything is thick and textured.
Coming from the original Westone W4’s, you can easily tell how differently they’re tuned. One thing I’m not getting is the background details being brought more to the forefront on the M9’s, whereas with the W4’s, everything is intimate and in your face. I know that’s soundstage, but there are details that just get pushed to the background more than I like.
I don’t think this is a tip, insertion, or source issue since I was swapping them out constantly with pieces I’m familiar with. For example, Wang Lee Hom’s Kiss Goodbye has a piano intro (I’m not a musician so terminology is going to be way wrong). You can hear the keys thump with the theme and supporting notes on the right and left hand with similar volume and spacing on the W4’s, but on the M9’s, the supporting notes are pushed into the background slightly while the theme is just as prominent.
Maybe I prefer something with a different signature?
Coming from the original Westone W4’s, you can easily tell how differently they’re tuned. One thing I’m not getting is the background details being brought more to the forefront on the M9’s, whereas with the W4’s, everything is intimate and in your face. I know that’s soundstage, but there are details that just get pushed to the background more than I like.
I don’t think this is a tip, insertion, or source issue since I was swapping them out constantly with pieces I’m familiar with. For example, Wang Lee Hom’s Kiss Goodbye has a piano intro (I’m not a musician so terminology is going to be way wrong). You can hear the keys thump with the theme and supporting notes on the right and left hand with similar volume and spacing on the W4’s, but on the M9’s, the supporting notes are pushed into the background slightly while the theme is just as prominent.
Maybe I prefer something with a different signature?