440 vs. 220 Disappointing?

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I recently made the jump from an Expert Pro 220 to two Expert Pro 440s. I was prepared to be blown away but quite the contrary. To my ears, there is a loss of detail and sharpness with the 440s compared to my 220. When setting up new equipment, I always listen to about 15 songs that I am intimately familiar with. Just seems something is missing. The soundstage is a little bigger but things seem a little more homogenized. Anyone else have this experience? Thanks. dj

When I jumped from the 250 to the 1000 the difference was huge in all aspects of the sound. However, I recently front ended the system with a “cheap” WiiM streamer, primarily as an experiment but the results were again quite remarkable. It has opened up the soundstage, sharpened and separated the lyrics and instruments as well. I had the system working at about -25 dB without the WiiM but had to reduce it to -30 dB.

I don't want to shift the conversation but I would like to understand why did you need to decrease the voice? Was the highs become harsh?