The crisp edge that is needed in order to balance out the bass response isn't quite there, though there's some tweaking in the high - mids that adds some extra, unwanted
sibilance in spots.
At times the treble register can appear overly bright with brittle sounding snare drums and excess
sibilance in vocals.
We hear more of
the sibilance in vocals than usual, for instance, and we hear vinyl crackle that sits underneath this entire mix as if it were far more prevalent.
Not exact matches
Even very dense tracks such as Placebo's Taste
In Men and Ride's Seagull play without the sort of
sibilance or «swirling» ebbs and flows that can characterise playback of such tracks on lesser speakers.