Ok, i admit im late to this party, but, i run fast, and i always catch up quickly.
This will take a little time to write, so, if you need your posts to be one liners, then this isn't it.
Just letting you know.
So, recently, i picked up the HD660S, the H1707, and the Aeon Closed, and the Audeze Sine.
Dan's Aeon C's tone, and reviews by Tyll and Z, have led me to consider that i might need the Ether for my work.
As, ive not been able to find a true reference sound, in a closed, and i need one.
The Aeon C, has been a joy, and as i said, i need a closed, a reference, and Tyll and Z gave me incentive also, to consider buying the Ether C.
But then a snag....or 2....... or 3. First, Tyll's Ether review, and you probably know, is a fractured, hem-hawing - struggle unlike ive ever seen him commit to video.
For every compliment, he then crushes it........all the way through. """"""On one hand its a "reference", "amazing", but on the other hand its 5-6Krz is exactly the annoying kind you never want".........and on and on..............finally he just says that its overpriced for what it does, but its still a fine headphone. Next, he issues a walk it all back retraction, Vid #2, and gives it sort of a sort of shotgun wedding kiss of love.........very strange.
Then, i go to Z-reveiws, and he is madly in love with it....The Ether is everything that a closed can would hope to be, and 10x more, and he is going to buy it, because its just greater then great.
But with Z, he, i think, liked a headphone's sound to be slightly etched at both ends, and maybe, he is not all about the mids, as he should be, if he is going to review sound generating strap ons.
I believe he loves the P7 by B&W, and that one is a "V" shape, as are some others he really seems to like..
Finally, Dan tells me that the Ether C has less bass then the Aeon C.
So, somebody who understands that mids are the real deal, and if that is not right, its all wrong......come and give me your opinion of Tyll's statement that the Ether's 5-6Khz is over blown.
Is it?
And what do you think about their bass?
Here is what i noticed about the Aeons...... If you start your day of listening with them..then the bass is lovely.....its neutral, but its certainly not low, or missing.
But if i put on any other headphone.......any, does not matter which, then the first thing i notice is the bass is suddenly, ...."there".
That is the best way i can describe it.
So, if you have the Ether C, then share with me, regarding my questions, if you have time.