So after extensive listening to the Elear both with Mojo and my Focusrite Scarlet 2i4 i have to conclude it's really a nice headphone at that price range. But... I actually preffered my old Hifiman He-560 to the Elear's. Personal opinion I know. I feel that the He-560 had wider and deeper/better soundstage with a more liquid and smoother midrange aswell as greater balance and maybe slighly more detailed compared to the Elear's. Sure Elear is more "fun" to listen to perhaps, more forward with a greater bass response and it's actually a really good allround headphone. As i earlier posted, it's not an upgrade from the Hifiman's but rather a sidegrade. Completely different sound signature of course but just my two cents.
I am not terribly surprised... the HE-560 is a very, very good headphone. I reluctantly sold my HE-560 when I got my current LCD-X.
The HE-560 requires good, strong amplification. I think too much was made of them being easier to drive than their 'big brother' the HE-6. The consequence of that is it seems people took it to mean the HE-560 is an easy to drive planar headphone. No, not at ALL. If requires way more amp than most headphones. Easier than the HE-6? Relatively, yes. Easy to drive overall? Hell no. I had to run mine off the speaker taps of my tube integrated. And it sounded AMAZING. It LOVED the power. Which makes me wonder if the HE-560 doesn't get quite as much love as it deserves, presumably being oft underpowered.
I wish I still had the HE-560 around to compare to the Elear.
As it is, I will do my best to compare the Elear to the 560 and the Ether Flow based on my memory