[pkcpga]

Best make it fast. I just got off the phone w/Mark at Natural Sound ...says he only has a few pair coming in and I've just secured mine via the tele.

Nice which did you get? I'm going to listen to them both first before deciding even if I need to wait a month to get one.

 

[Beagle]

. Gotta be close now.

 
It's always close....like a mirage.

 

[nordkapp]

It's always close....like a mirage.

Yup. But then again......"patience is a virtue"......or something like that. . Oh and "good things come to those who wait"......I think...☹

 

[nordkapp]

Nice which did you get? I'm going to listen to them both first before deciding even if I need to wait a month to get one.

Elear. Utopia too much $$$$

 

[TokenGesture]

Anyone know UK price for these?

 

[ThatPhil]

Anyone know UK price for these?

£800 & £3250

 

[pkcpga]

Elear. Utopia too much $$$$

Enjoy, I have the chord Dave so I want to see which pairs better for a home headphone. And it's something I want to decide instead of reviews telling me, since many people love the LCD 3,4 so I bought one and dislike it.

 

[John2e]

Ordered the Elear's  yesterday and it shipped yesterday via Amazon with a 5% discount to prime members and a $70 additional discount for opening a Credit Card with them ( I order loads of stuff every month so I should have signed up for their CC sooner as they give 5% off everything ordered through them)
 
I'll have the Elears in 4 days
I'll have the Utopia in about 4-5 weeks as I am number 4 on Todd TVJ's loaner program 
I'll post impressions of them both shortly thereafter 
 
Than I'll probably put the elears up for sale assuming I like the utopias more.  

 

 

[BrutalLegend]

Thinking of canceling my Ether flow's and pre ordering these.  I always prefer a more dynamic sound as I listen to mostly rock/metal.  Although I do enjoy an expansive sound stage,  Could anyone direct me to a black market organ buyer.  I can spare a kidney :eek:  

Yea the Elears would suit you way better for rock/metal. An alternative that's slightly cheaper is the Audeze el-8 open. Just demo'd it and its pretty good. Though from memory I prefer the Elear as their more comfortable. You don't have the room impedance problem because of its super open design

 

[Mediahound]

  Ordered the Elear's  yesterday and it shipped yesterday via Amazon with a 5% discount to prime members and a $70 additional discount for opening a Credit Card with them ( I order loads of stuff every month so I should have signed up for their CC sooner as they give 5% off everything ordered through them)
 
I'll have the Elears in 4 days
I'll have the Utopia in about 4-5 weeks as I am number 4 on Todd TVJ's loaner program 
I'll post impressions of them both shortly thereafter 
 
Than I'll probably put the elears up for sale assuming I like the utopias more.  

 

Are you sure? I don't even see them on Amazon at all when I search:
 
http://amzn.to/2b8dVOw

 

[fiascogarcia]

  Ordered the Elear's  yesterday and it shipped yesterday via Amazon with a 5% discount to prime members and a $70 additional discount for opening a Credit Card with them ( I order loads of stuff every month so I should have signed up for their CC sooner as they give 5% off everything ordered through them)
 
I'll have the Elears in 4 days
I'll have the Utopia in about 4-5 weeks as I am number 4 on Todd TVJ's loaner program 
I'll post impressions of them both shortly thereafter 
 
Than I'll probably put the elears up for sale assuming I like the utopias more.  

 

 
 

 
Are you sure? I don't even see them on Amazon at all when I search:
 
http://amzn.to/2b8dVOw

I don't see them either.  Do you have a link where you ordered?

 

[John2e]

Yea the Elears would suit you way better for rock/metal. An alternative that's slightly cheaper is the Audeze el-8 open. Just demo'd it and its pretty good. Though from memory I prefer the Elear as their more comfortable. You don't have the room impedance problem because of its super open design

I hope so
 
Many people have described the sound as Senn 650 like.  I owned these for a while but they did not have that sizzle in the treble that makes rock sound electrifying to me.  My tastes are different from most on this forum.  I owned the HD800 and sold within a week ( I think I was the first to put one up for sale on head-fi) and actually prefer the house Ultrasone sound and Grado sound for rock .  I have owned every iteration in those lines except for the Edition 5's because of its cable issue.  YMMV.       

 

[nordkapp]

Enjoy, I have the chord Dave so I want to see which pairs better for a home headphone. And it's something I want to decide instead of reviews telling me, since many people love the LCD 3,4 so I bought one and dislike it.

Boy, I never heard, for that matter seen the Dave, but with that level of DAC I suspect you can squeeze everylast bit of SQ out of the Utopia. There are no local TOTL headphone dealers near me so everything I buy is based on others opinion. Once owned the Grado RS2e. Big mistake......

 

[BrutalLegend]

I hope so

Many people have described the sound as Senn 650 like.  I owned these for a while but they did not have that sizzle in the treble that makes rock sound electrifying to me.  My tastes are different from most on this forum.  I owned the HD800 and sold within a week and actually preferred the house Ultrasone sound and Grado sound for rock .  I have owned every iteration in those lines except for the Edition 5's because of its cable issue.  YMMV     

Welcome to the club bro. Everyone here is more into classical, jazz or pop music so its hard to get a solid performance review for rock/metal. I tested Mr Speakers Ether 1.1 today as well and that was disappointing for rock/metal despite everyone saying the mid bass was good.

The LCD X was pretty good though and efficient but just too heavy on the head. For now my shoot out is the el-8 open VS Elear. Never gonna pass the 1000 usd threshold for headphones just because they become too impractical for portability. Price to performance doesn't make sense either but that's just my personal opinion.

I have the Ether C 1.1 and their great for sub bass, clarity, treble and gaming but a little too light in the bass department for me. Driving it is a pain as well for portability. However, whoever is interested in the Ether C 1.1 and it suits their flavour of music, do hit me up.

 

[paulchiu]

  Ordered the Elear's  yesterday and it shipped yesterday via Amazon with a 5% discount to prime members and a $70 additional discount for opening a Credit Card with them ( I order loads of stuff every month so I should have signed up for their CC sooner as they give 5% off everything ordered through them)
 
I'll have the Elears in 4 days
I'll have the Utopia in about 4-5 weeks as I am number 4 on Todd TVJ's loaner program 
I'll post impressions of them both shortly thereafter 
 
Than I'll probably put the elears up for sale assuming I like the utopias more.  

 

 
Amazon has the Focal Elear?  Got a link?
Thanks
 
paul