@jamington2004 please do share what you think of the Kiis after you've spent some time with them, I have been strongly considering auditioning these and D&D 8c when I have some more time.
Ignore my very initial impressions posted earlier - clearly listening to a track here and there while stressed out trying to mount them / set them / deal with work and kids, does nothing for ones hearing!
Have had a few hours to listen last night and this morning - set to corner setting to level out the low bass reinforcements, but everything else left flat.
Stunning! Everything in the right place. Tuneful bass there in spades but not overpowering / standing out anymore than the highs and upper mids.
Have tried some hip hop like Dr Dres first album / Danger Doom / Ghost Poet - so pretty bass heavy, but just doesn’t get in the way of the vocals / drums / transients at all. The vocals really jump out, which is how I like it
Tried some pop / rock like Foo fighters / Radiohead / Coldplay - all very clear and although less obvious bass, it’s just there where it should be.
And for all the electronica I have tried - they are just sublime.
Don’t extend as low as the phantoms - I have a couple of tracks that I used to feel the sub bass notes that aren’t quite there on these. Won’t miss it and don’t care - and wouldn’t even know it had I not “tested” the bass on the Phantoms with the odd track that goes that low
Of particular note for me, I had awful room nodes at around 50hz /70hz and they are totally gone!! Especially in one corner of the room, and underneath the speakers.
Now there is almost no change at all in those hotspots, even compared to the Dspeaker room correction that I added to the Phantoms where I still could hear it.
No more bloaty / ear hurty thump
Anyway - promised myself I wouldn’t gush about them till I had lived with them for a few weeks. But the kids are out and I am just loving them
And I honestly would have been fine with moving them on as I got a good second hand price, and was more than happy with the Phantoms. So it’s not a case of me trying to convince myself - which I am sure I have done in the past when I am committed to something.