I’m pretty sure I’ll be passing the Canons on. Of course I’ll give them longer first.
It’s certainly not because they’re bad in anything they do, purely preference. Their midrange is pretty much at my intimacy/saturation limit (along with Hekili and OH300). It’s a midrange I imagine scores of people will absolutely love. My bass preference goes to the Serial. The Canon is almost certainly better for treble, it’s just not something I notice anywhere near as much as mids and bass.
I don’t know how I arrived here, there was a time that I loved the SSR and NM2+, notable for their over-elevated upper mids and relative bass shyness (although the NM2+ has gorgeous texture and decent sub-bass extension). I just really don’t want vocals/mid-range guitar etc that close to my eardrum in the mix any more.
Technically there are 8 settings I need to test out before I decide, but in reality far fewer.
100 and 110 = bass boosted, necessary for my preferences.
000 and 111 = all level, worth a decent try especially as it’s the stock target presumably
011, 010, 001 = not keen to hear the mix with less bass
101 = not keen for the treble energy in a v-shape EDIT: Reconsidering this one, it’s a way to push mids back a little. Good first impressions.
There are a lot of dead ringers for the Aladdin in various tones. When my Aladdin set return from Hong Kong I don’t know if I’ll still have the Canon to compare directly. But I feel like I might prefer the Aladdin at this minute tbh, for tuning preference.
Timbre: Serial >> Canon > Aladdin
Something’s just different about the Serial’s bass delivery, I haven’t been enjoying the bass is other sets nearly as much. It’s not a quantity issue. I say this recognizing that the bass on the Canon is good in both quality and quality.
Fit is great, I wish the Serial took a slight more tapered shape too.
Stock cable’s very nice, much like what comes with Linsoul’s tribrids just sans adapters.
