[YtseJamer]

  Wow, where did u scoop her for that price. 

 
It's a store in Canada but the promotion is already over.

 

[YtseJamer]

FYI, there's a pair available here for $960.

 

[YtseJamer]

lol
 

 

[MidFiMoney]

  lol
 

I can't listen to LLAT anymore. He's missed the mark on few reviews lately IMO.

 

[Imusicman]

I can't listen to LLAT anymore. He's missed the mark on few reviews lately IMO.

I totally agree. I couldn't even watch it the whole way through. IMHO poor

 

[u2u2]

  I can't listen to LLAT anymore. He's missed the mark on few reviews lately IMO.

I have not agreed with several of his reviews but this one really makes me question his methods. He puts the headphones on backwards twice in this video. If he reviewed them wearing them backwards that had to have impacted his experience and opinion. There is a reason they put an "L" and "R" on the earcups... 

 

[jlbrach]

one of the silliest reviews I have seen recently

 

[TMRaven]

Whether he put them on backwards or not, he still hit many of the major points about the Elear.  
 
It weighs quite a lot, it's not the most comfortable headphone.  It will generate a hot-spot on the top of your head after 20minutes compared to other headphones.
 
There's a small, but drastic dip in the upper midrange-lower treble transition that kills timbre in instrument harmonics.
 
 
Tyll said these headphones have no Achilles heel, but those are its two Achilles heels.

 

[idabgamgsx9754]

I'm curious what would cause a 4-5k dip like this?  What are everyone's thoughts on EQ settings?  Bring the bass down to reduce the disparity or try to fill it in by boosting the 4-5k a bit?

 

[TMRaven]

It's partly a fault of the earpads, partly a fault of the drivers themselves.  There's no gross acoustic cancellations in ringing in the treble, so EQ does a pretty good job of mitigating the issue.
 
Now if only something could be done about the weight.

 

[oqvist]

Maybe his talk about strange angle of the drivers is due to wearing them the opposite way

 

[crossfire]

  Whether he put them on backwards or not, he still hit many of the major points about the Elear.  
 
It weighs quite a lot, it's not the most comfortable headphone.  It will generate a hot-spot on the top of your head after 20minutes compared to other headphones.
 
There's a small, but drastic dip in the upper midrange-lower treble transition that kills timbre in instrument harmonics.
 
 
Tyll said these headphones have no Achilles heel, but those are its two Achilles heels.

 
I do agree that it does have a bit of weight but the elears has to be the most comfortable headphones i ever wore besides the hd600/650. i wear the elears for more than 2 hours straight everyday and i never get any discomfort.

 

[Sp12er3]

Oh c'mon guys he is talking to a camera and are wearing it just for the sake of demonstration, the cable DOES looks ridiculous, the squeaks DOES sound annoying (the mic catch it few times) and the weight compared to the average DOES sounds heavy, especially for a man like him that used to wear MA900 and R70x as daily, we all can see he value comfort a lot more than normal bloke does.
For me LLAT still is the place to go as his taste match mine in a lot of cases, and his preference of Japanese headphones tuning does reverberate with my testing and experience so I value his review a lot.
It's always good to watch multiple reviews to get different perspectives, and for me, Z Reviews and LLAT (that I trust and know their preferences and circumstances of) gives quite a wide band of viewpoints to wiggle around on. For you, it might be different and you may have already found another reviewer that match yours better but I'll settle with reviews I trust and my own testing as guidance for my purchase.
If the dip in the upper mids - lower treble that noticeable it will be a deal breaker to me too. Again personal testing is important.
And I don't understand the negativity, I think his impressions of it it quite positive, just it doesn't suit his circumstances and preferences.

 

[DaemonSire]

   
It's a store in Canada but the promotion is already over.

What store had them for that low in Canada?

 

[DaemonSire]

If anyone is looking for a cable upgrade that does not break the bank. Impact Audio on Etsy makes a really nice cable for the money. I had him make me a balanced 4 pin XLR for my HA-1. Really wakes the Elear's up. Could not be happier with cable and the owner has supper customer interaction and support.

+1 on Impact Audio.  They made me a cable for my HD650 and it is excellent.  Very nicely made and reasonably priced.
 
My cable is the same colour scheme as yours btw