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I tried them for a second at a Best Buy and immediately went "ew" and put them back. The XM5's actually sounded good, which I wasn't expecting after hearing the 4's.
I didn't have the opportunity to try the XM5s, but anyways, the QC45 were so much cheaper (320CAD taxes in vs 400 CAD +tx) that I am happy with my purchase. But thank you for confirming to me that I am not crazy and that the XM4s do indeed sound terrible. It's weird how mainstream audio can be muddy and just loud