These takes are accurate - I still have both of them here.
I’m going to sell my UPs soon, since I have the Legacy 9 and it may finally be something that beats the Teas that still has characteristics that I like and is malleable with EQ.
The most prominent difference is the Tea sounds very close and intimate (like an IEM should) and the UPs sound far away. This is annoying, because I’m guessing this is a driver placement thing - and it cannot be fixed with EQ.
Its mid bass is a little stronger and perhaps overall it’s a little more resolving, but the far away placement of the sound is unpleasing to me - but yes, makes for a very relaxing listen.
On the other hand, if you try and play on its bass driver strengths and turn it into a bass cannon (with EQ), it sounds like you’re listening to music in a cupboard (bass becomes boomy and towers over the mids/highs, which can no longer keep up). If they could move the mids and highs a bit closer to the listener then I think I would be in love.
Alas. We can’t always have it all 
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