Ether C flow 1.1 - Review

[@rickg8015]

I hope you could compare them to the CX.. That one has no lower treble peak, on measurements at least.

[@intoitreviews]

Could get he Drop CX version, I actually prefer those to the C flows that Dan makes himself. My understanding is that it is closest to the first revisions. I also think it has more natural timbre.

[@justangvano]

It would be great if you could do a video explaining all the jargon you use when describing the audio. I understand most of it but there is still some stuff I don't and I'm sure there are others that don't know what you're talking about at all.

[@shadouxg7150]

do you make that question to yourself regularly 7:59 ?

[@ImWagon]

Id be interested to see what you think about the Closed Aeon, it always struck me as a more tonally pleasant and "musical" sounding headphone than any of the Ether C revisions, while not sacrificing any of the detail or resolve.

[@johnparkerzabala]

Sir thanks so much for this review. My first timer using planar. Ether c or LCD xc? Take care God bless😇🙏

[@scottl8089]

Are the vent tuning "stickers" applied to the bass port? I couldn't tell from the video. With those applied it makes the bass much more neutral sounding. Also those look like fairly old pads. Mr. Speakers changed to a firmer foam in their pads and it really enhances the bass response (esp. sub-bass).

[@fernandotous9567]

Have you heard about the thieaudio phantoms??

[@gtanibal]

what about a setup tour?

[@dnalekaw4699]

Definitely your best review to date in my opinion, and I don't know why but that thumbnail is so epic. Have you heard the AEon closed? I know Tyll held them favourably when in comparison to the Ether C.

[@spartanV48]

I remember trying the Ether C and the Aeon closed at Canjam and kept going back to the Aeon closed for some reason. I know the environment is not ideal, but the way the Aeon's sounded was soooooo good.

[@Salmonad]

I absolutely love mine

[@SweepTheLeg2023]

Great vid, thank you, any chance comparing aeon c flow to these? It just dropped to 649 on amazon

[@dougdabbs8155]

Great review and informative as always. Question, the Focal Elex you seemed higher on in your review. Especially in the soundstage and precision. However, in another vid you put these in your S ranking category while the Elex was in the A category (even though the Elex is half the price). You mentioned that the Elex was your everyday headphone now. Is that still the case. Which one do you prefer? Trying to decide between the Elex and the CX (similar to the 1.1)

[@MatusHaw]

Thanks for the review. So Eikon's are less resolving, but with bigger/more 3D soundstage?

[@MatusHaw]

thanks for the answer, but in my country I can’t listen them because no seller have them 😕

[@Damien_N]

Hey man! Great review - I'm hoping to hear these (or rather the latest revision) at CanJam London. Have you heard the Oppo PM-3? I know they're not nearly the same price range or use case (being a comparatively light portable) - but they're another successful closed planar, if a touch dark.

[@brydon10]

Love your vids man. Keep it up.

[@shepardwallace5300]

Any way you could post your Sound Demo playlist?

[@Jimmy-Chin]

How do you hear speed?

[@mariodrv]

Great review as allways.

[@Bradum]

+1 for the Logitech MX Master

[@steven2640]

Anyone heard the Neumann ndh20 because Zeos swears they beat these? I'm having trouble believing that. Sounds like the SHP9500 beats the HD600 opinion that won't go away.

[@alife8903]

are theses good for Mixing Music. & Producing ..

[@DMS3TV]

R70X for production. If you can do an open-back. Super flat sound.

[@alife8903]

@@DMS3TV thanks DMS, those look super Good ....do they need a AMP or will my Frocusite 2i4 audio interface do the job

[@alife8903]

@@DMS3TV& is the Low end Steady & Consistent/Transparent....

[@gcb2101]

You find this warm? 😳

[@DMS3TV]

Certainly. Not a lot but some and most measurements confirm.

[@gundum1o1]

Just off topic here, uhhhhhh.... you guys should def update the 1266 TC with a revolutionary headband that's normal but comfortably inline with abyss standards!!! :D Also, just as a side note: Any kind of cons you and other reviewers have had with the 1266, should be flushed out, without degrading the integrity/authenticity of the sound signature that is! 😇👌

[@KojiCO-ConvinceM]

Fucking love mine, there is a sound signiture with mr speakers that just draws you in. Worth the cash for me hands down. Funny lol there is nothing I can say that I dislike about it. But personally I do take headfones on there own merit and do not use them as a jack of all trades. Lol 12 and counting

[@antonzinn2293]

You should set Josh up with a Diana or smthg if you don’t want to review them yourself.

[@DMS3TV]

I’m sending it to Z this week. Might be able to get it to Josh also.

[@PrincessPastaAudio]

ily

[@yogiwp_]

The whole video is way too dark, especially for one that try to show a black pair of headphones, while wearing all black, in a room dominated by black and black and black

[@hildegarden6]

No, it's not. The headphones are very well lit. Change your screen settings. It shouldn't be calibrated this dark.

[@thetndixie]

😍

[@x-ray3431]

Show your mom's comment some love kid, what's wrong with you?

[@thetndixie]

@@x-ray3431 He's a busy guy and it's all good:) He knows I know he loves me regardless of whether or not he comments! 💗 Thanks for looking out for me though! I appreciate it:)

[@x-ray3431]

@@thetndixie Haha😂😂 no problem 👋

[@AdrianIII]

Weird. Goes along seeming like a “meh” review, and ends up, “I really really want them!” Eh?

[@DMS3TV]

Because good closed backs are so uncommon

[@d0nj03]

So. You're one of those rare lucky F's who get forward out-of-head placement of central sounds from headphones without even using crossfeed. Paastah might've been onto something when she suggested you're the perfect male specimen. :P

[@SoundWaveTrax]

I would imagine that would differ from headphone to headphone. Nothing to do with anatomy.

[@d0nj03]

It would differ from headphone to headphone and from anatomy to anatomy. For some people and with the right headphones it just fits together in that special way and sounds like a source in front of you is emitting at you. For most of us with most headphones nothing ever sounds forward, good soundstage on headphones only ever sounds like some things are far left, far right or behind the head. Never forward. (I suspect this is also why that barber shop binaural demo is the most popular binaural recording: it works even for us who never hear anything as being forward and outside the head - conveniently, a barber never goes in front of you, so that recording completely avoids that problem and manages to sound realistic to almost everyone.)

[@SoundWaveTrax]

@@d0nj03 Binaural recordings are a whole different beast. Those rely heavily on specific fine cues that your brain picks up. I don't know that it is anatomy specific. I find that neutral headphones like the Sennheiser stuff image voices and instruments in general as a bigger...entity in that stereo space and that makes it feel less like it's coming from a specific spot. I think I got headphones like the AKG K712 to image slightly in front of my forehead on certain vocals or instruments but only because those are kinda thin on the mids and focus a bit too much energy in certain spots. I haven't heard any high end headphones like the HD800 which are supposed to sound "holographic" but imagine these claims are somewhat overblown. I would guess they don't image further than your forehead but can sound pretty far out generally, at the sides.

[@d0nj03]

Well, apart from the Smyth Realiser and other heavily customized solutions, the only other thing I know that might get you that honest-to-god realistic forward placement of sound via headphones are the listening room simulations in the Out of Your Head software. At least for me 2-3 of the samples in their "Multi-Speaker System Comparison with 2 CH jazz music" demo file on the website made some of the instruments appear to be at arm's length or farther, so clearly out of my head.

[@jasonlax4112]

I would like the video if understood half the things you said.

[@hildegarden6]

Why are you even looking at $1600 headphones when you don't understand terminology for sound characteristics?

[@jasonlax4112]

@@hildegarden6 lol. You speak as though you were born with all the knowledge current in your brain at this moment in time. The price of a product has no relation to how and in what fashion it's described. I own plenty of audio equipment below and above the $1600 price point.

[@hildegarden6]

@@jasonlax4112 How headphones are described is definitely related to price. Nobody is going to go into the technicalities for a pair of CAL! or SHP9500 like they would for $1600 headphones. Either you're wealthy enough to buy whatever the fuck you want, or you go from upgrade to upgrade, trying out new headphones and learning the lingo along the way, like most people venturing into the summit market. You claim to own plenty of audio equipment below and above the $1600 price point, yet you don't know shit. Lol.

[@rururore]

what's wrong w/ your face?

[@DMS3TV]

?

[@leonisbacher1772]

He has AIDS

[@x-ray3431]

@@leonisbacher1772 👆 that's below the belt.

[@dannybos7024]

@@x-ray3431 yeah that was a really unnecessary joke