So I made a think so share as PM with @Resolution , but might as well share it here:
"This is what I’m hearing. Sorry for the poor paint job lol.
Let me try to explain it a lil bit more. EJ07m/Teas have different presentation of space and mids than Variations/Monarch. You can check this easily but A/Bing your Var with your on a Vocal song. The singer is really close to you on Teas, mid presentation is forward, everything else streches to the back or sides.
With Variations you’ll get a foot or two of distance between you and the singer, and everything spreads around it (left side of image). This representation spreads the band in front of you to get some separation.
With EJ07m you get Teas on steroids. Stage gains another half size and rotates around you. I’ve tested this 3 tracks:
TOOL - Fear Inoculum
Snarkly Puppy - Tio Macaco
Yosi Horikawa - Crossing
Detailed timestamps to use as an example - Crossing:
In the first 5 seconds there’s a bike. On EJ07m it goes from behind you, on your left shoulders, passes in front of you and leaves stage at the right side, almost behind your back again. On Variations it goes left to right.
At 6 seconds, the bells appear on you far left and then switch to the right. Variations goes a great job with it. But with EJ, not only the presentation is further way and more detailed, you can pin point it and ask for someone to shoot with precision on that bell.
During the intro, I also noticed something different. The sound is more “dynamic?”. When the vans pass in front of you, you know they are there and where they are going, but the difference between the two is that EJ07m does it with more detail. It’s clearer. Like there’s no blur from movement. Like watching a moving frame on 60hz monitor vs 120hz monitor. It’s hard to explain, but I’m trying."