827HT Flamenco Blue : Out of balance, low output

I normally use La Bella 820-B's on my Alhambra, but these were out of stock, so I thought I'd try these more expensive, higher tension strings. I play all sorts on this guitar, from full chords to finger picking, from David Bowie to actual flamenco.

I replaced the high E and A string, so I would be able to compare with the Bella's that had already seen maybe 300 playing hours.

The first thing I noticed was the high E had less volume than the old La Bella string, and was much thinner in tone. I expected it to be more spanky, and with higher volume.

The wound A string is "OK", but simply doesn't have the tone or complexity of the string it was replacing.

I took them off, went back to the La Bellas and will try to find them in stock somewhere. Overall disappointed. Quality is fine though.