I would make sure that the mandolin's intonation is as good as it can be, and put a new set of strings on there. There's no reason the difference in, say, an E on the 9th fret of the G strings compared to an E at the 2nd fret of the D strings should be all that noticeable. The wound strings will sound less metallic or less shimmery than the plain strings, but it still should not be that drastic.
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