My future office has a few cubicles, but thankfully those who work in the building love music. It'll be nice to be able to listen to open headphones again for a change.
LOL I think your work environment will not represent most people's here
I am lucky enough to have a good 10 feet between me and my nearest office mate (when I work in the office, which is only half the week)... To top that off I work near a datacenter so there is always background white noise.
ouch.. Well I guess I am lucky enough to have a house with an office in it.. But to some degree I can understand.. If it wasnt for my wife I would be walking the 2 speaker route rather than headphones..
LOL I think your work environment will not represent most people's here
I am lucky enough to have a good 10 feet between me and my nearest office mate (when I work in the office, which is only half the week)... To top that off I work near a datacenter so there is always background white noise.
Lucky. I wish I had a 10' space between my desk and my neighbors. We're all right on top of one another at the current office and I can hear one neighbor's IEMs clear as day when she's working. My M-80 have been my solace at the office since I'm an open Ether guy. Plus I don't trust most of my current co-workers around any of my nicer gear so the Ether won't be coming into the office for now.
ouch.. Well I guess I am lucky enough to have a house with an office in it.. But to some degree I can understand.. If it wasnt for my wife I would be walking the 2 speaker route rather than headphones..
Well I have been in the audio game for some time. What can I say, it’s an addiction. Started out in 2 speakers... I did lose a Fiancee (in large part) to that in my 20's lol.. Probably for the best though. My wife now is very understanding and open to my hobby/issues, so long as it does not affect other finances (which is doesn’t)
Just out of curiosity, how much sound leakage do you experience with them? I know that can differ between different makes/models of open back headphones.
Hard to quantify. The Utopia is like there is NOTHING between you and the outside. The LCD-2 is like there is a bedding sheet (pretty much nothing). The ETHER Flow is like there is a heavy quilt between my ears and the outside. Looking at the foam and pad in the ear side of the cup I'm not that surprised. I'm curious what damping is on the other side of the diaphragm.
Leakage... There is plenty of leakage to everyone else. Keep your fiancé happy if sound leakage is a concern.
From what I have read on hear (which isn't much), the main difference between the Ether C 1.1 and Ether C Flow is that the Ether C Flow has the missing mid bass of the Ether C 1.1 but loses some of the high frequency sparkle. Is there any other notable difference between the two?
Edit: I ask as there is no possible way for me to demo the two and compare them.
If yours hasn't shipped yet you should email them to ask where they are in fulfillment. Based on when I and others have received theirs I don't believe any delays on shipping are due to stock and that it may just be held up as they package orders in chronological order.
More Ether C Flow impressions (NAS FLAC>Ethernet>microRendu+Teddy Pardo LPS>Bifrost Multibit>Asgard 2>DUM SE>C Flow): listening to a new live recording of Bartók's "The Miraculous Mandarin," Philarmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, 44.1/24 download from HDtracks. For those who are not familiar with it, this is a very expressive, dark, impressionistic piece with great dynamic range and complex orchestration, with extensive use of the lower registers in strings and percussion, brilliant, unsettling brass, massed strings, percussion rolling in from the back like ominous thunder. What I'm hearing is so vivid that it's bringing me back with shivers to the evening many decades ago when I first heard this piece and fell in love with Bartók's music as a kid, at a long-gone Lisbon concert hall. I'm so impressed with how well the C Flows perform across the full frequency and amplitude range, from the single-instrument pianissimo to a full orchestra fortissimo, never muddling the different instruments. Soundstage is not huge, but everything is in its right place. The recording of course helps, it's got very good reviews. Bravo!
More Ether C Flow impressions (NAS FLAC>Ethernet>microRendu+Teddy Pardo LPS>Bifrost Multibit>Asgard 2>DUM SE>C Flow): listening to a new live recording of Bartók's "The Miraculous Mandarin," Philarmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, 44.1/24 download from HDtracks. For those who are not familiar with it, this is a very expressive, dark, impressionistic piece with great dynamic range and complex orchestration, with extensive use of the lower registers in strings and percussion, brilliant, unsettling brass, massed strings, percussion rolling in from the back like ominous thunder. What I'm hearing is so vivid that it's bringing me back with shivers to the evening many decades ago when I first heard this piece and fell in love with Bartók's music as a kid, at a long-gone Lisbon concert hall. I'm so impressed with how well the C Flows perform across the full frequency and amplitude range, from the single-instrument pianissimo to a full orchestra fortissimo, never muddling the different instruments. Soundstage is not huge, but everything is in its right place. The recording of course helps, it's got very good reviews. Bravo!
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