I agree jtgofish that the new Contour line sounds like boxes emitting sound, 100%. I'm a unlucky owner of a pair of Contour 60. Previously i owned for just one year, a pair of Contour 3.3 which i loved. The upgrade was a complete disaster. I don'tt know the C2 nor the C4 but i assure to everyone that even the older Contour 3.3 sounds incomparably better as the Contour 60.
The Contour 3.3 timbre is very natural and the matericity of whatever instrument is immediately recognizable. Jazz cymbals, brasses, voices, drums...everything very very well rendered. The Contour 60 timbre is completely messed up. Nothing is in the right place. You never have the feeling the instrument is n front of you because it simply sound unnatural.
the Contour 3.3 sound stage is precise, painting the exact collocation of each musician. It is wide wen it has to be wide and small wen it has to be small. Again the Contour 60 are not able to draw the 3D space. I'm never able to say this instrument is there or there.
Unfortunately the enlightening comments in this thread have been written one month after my purchase. I miss the Contours 3.3 everyday.
The Contour 3.3 timbre is very natural and the matericity of whatever instrument is immediately recognizable. Jazz cymbals, brasses, voices, drums...everything very very well rendered. The Contour 60 timbre is completely messed up. Nothing is in the right place. You never have the feeling the instrument is n front of you because it simply sound unnatural.
the Contour 3.3 sound stage is precise, painting the exact collocation of each musician. It is wide wen it has to be wide and small wen it has to be small. Again the Contour 60 are not able to draw the 3D space. I'm never able to say this instrument is there or there.
Unfortunately the enlightening comments in this thread have been written one month after my purchase. I miss the Contours 3.3 everyday.