[kejar31]

Upgrade program details are posted here

Reasonable and doable.. will be upgrading for sure

 

[Allanmarcus]

Thanks for the detail Dan.  One question, any idea how long you will offering upgrades? 

 

[greenkiwi]

Seems like a fair price for the work and effort.

Now I need to see if it's better for me to sell my ether C and get the flow C or upgrade.

 

[mrspeakers]

  Thanks for the detail Dan.  One question, any idea how long you will offering upgrades? 

Nope. 

 

[kejar31]

Nope. 

Will you be posting here when and where the form is up on your site, late next week?

 

[tretneo]

 
My work setup is ready for some Flow upgrades...

 

[kejar31]

now I have hard decisions in front of me lol.. At first I was thinking of just upgrading the drivers.. Now I see there are new pads with a thicker leather and you only get those with the full upgrade, so I have conceded I might as well go full in for the full upgrade... Now the question is, do I upgrade to the C or non C hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm lol..

 

[deafdoorknob]

Is any truth to the statement that Oppo's PM-3 is close to being the poor man's Ether C in terms of sound signature? or would the Sine or EL8C be *closer*?
 
apologies if this is off topic.

 

[gndixon]

  Is any truth to the statement that Oppo's PM-3 is close to being the poor man's Ether C in terms of sound signature? or would the Sine or EL8C be *closer*?
 
apologies if this is off topic.

 
I had and sold PM-3s and have and still own EL8C and Ether-C. The PM-3s were nice, but they aren't in the same league. I recall they were fairly neutral, but other than that they didn't make a huge impression. Ether-C are a whole different ball game IMHO.
 
The EL8C aren't bad (I have just for work as don't want to leave Ether-C laying around) but they don't have the clarity of the Ether-Cs.

 

[kejar31]

Is any truth to the statement that Oppo's PM-3 is close to being the poor man's Ether C in terms of sound signature? or would the Sine or EL8C be *closer*?

apologies if this is off topic.

I owned the PM3 for some time... While a great headphone in its own right (not really totl though) the sound signature is completely different than the Ether C.. The PM3 is a pretty congested sounding headphone with a pretty big roll-off in the treble but great bass and mids.. The either in comparison can sound bass light but it's mids and treble are what really sets the Ether and the PM3 apart.. Also the Ether C has none of the congestion that the PM3 does

 

[deafdoorknob]

I owned the PM3 for some time... While a great headphone in its own right (not really totl though) the sound signature is completely different than the Ether C.. The PM3 is a pretty congested sounding headphone with a pretty big roll-off in the treble but great bass and mids.. The either in comparison can sound bass light but it's mids and treble are what really sets the Ether and the PM3 apart.. Also the Ether C has none of the congestion that the PM3 does

I had and sold PM-3s and have and still own EL8C and Ether-C. The PM-3s were nice, but they aren't in the same league. I recall they were fairly neutral, but other than that they didn't make a huge impression. Ether-C are a whole different ball game IMHO.

The EL8C aren't bad (I have just for work as don't want to leave Ether-C laying around) but they don't have the clarity of the Ether-Cs.

thanks fellas!!

 

[Allanmarcus]

To me, the ether c is closer to a Beyerdynamic T1 gen 1 than the oppo.

 

[deafdoorknob]

To me, the ether c is closer to a Beyerdynamic T1 gen 1 than the oppo.

interesting, as I auditioned the ether C and the T1.2 side by side, I found them to be rather different, I found the ether C 1.1 to rather less bright/sharp than the T1.2.

I preferred the ether C by quite a fair margin, just that I can't afford them at this moment lol

 

[antsin3d]

I'm in the minority here but I like the B&W P7 for a "cheap" alternative to the EtherC. It's not the same sound but I find neutral cheaper cans (like Oppo) to be lifeless. Just my ears of course!

 

[Allanmarcus]

To me, the ether c is closer to a Beyerdynamic T1 gen 1 than the oppo.

interesting, as I auditioned the ether C and the T1.2 side by side, I found them to be rather different, I found the ether C 1.1 to rather less bright/sharp than the T1.2.

I preferred the ether C by quite a fair margin, just that I can't afford them at this moment lol

Well, if you thought the T1.g2 was bright, then you will think the T1.g1 is extremely bright. Many feel the ether c is bright too, but can be tuned easily with the included pads. To me, there are similarities between the the T1.g1 and the ether c, but each of us has different ears with different sensitivities.