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Bbq lunch Time to sleep all afternoon

I have the Ether/Ether C on loan and I did some listening last night vs. my HD800S. TLDR Version The Ether is legit. I like it better than any Audeze I've heard. It won't be supplanting the 800S in my collection, but this is a legit good headphone. Frequency balance issues and price are its biggest weaknesses. Bass and comfort are its biggest strengths. Long Version For reference, my chain: iPad -> Wyrd -> Yggy -> XP-10 -> DSHA-4. Pros: Ether bass is fantastic. Waaaaay better than HD800S bass. Going back and forth you can really hear the distortion on the 800S. The Ether feels like it is clear an octave lower than the 800S. The bass quality and amount feels just about perfect with the Ether. The Audeze cans I've heard hit a little harder, but the Ether is totally fine. Going back to the 800S makes you sad how mediocre the bass is. It isn't bad, but the Ether shows how much better and clearer bass can sound. The 800S really falls apart in the bottom octave. Comfort is surprisingly good. While the headband felt kind of finicky at first, the comfort once these are on my head is very good. I like the 800S fit and feel better, but the Ether is well above average when it comes to comfort. Soundstage is better than what I've heard from Audeze. Distortion is low, and you can totally hear it. These are very clear sounding headphones and they handle power pretty well. Cons: The Ether really should be $995, not $1499. If these were under a grand, I'd think about buying a pair. Cable length is too short. I guess its the DUM balanced cable that came with the loaners. Not all of us listen at our desks. The 800S cable is 3 meters and the DUM cable really should be that long as well. The Ether sounds thin to me. The 800S treble and mids are better balanced to my ears. The Ether doesn't sound bright, but the balance throughout the range just isn't there the way it is with the 800S. This is the biggest fault of the Ether, IMO, and its what will keep me from buying one. If Dan an co can fix the treble and mids balance in whatever they come up with to succeed the Ether then they might have a real winner. Also, Sennheiser, give me a damn TOTL planar magnetic already! The 800S soundstage is much better. The Ether doesn't stage poorly, but it isn't in the same league as the 800S. Going from the 800S to the Ether I missed the staging right away.

Slices of a moonrise over LA.

Neurosis, Eye of Every Storm -- goddamn, I love this album. Post-metal

There you go Steve, another Castro district reference.

Gotta love Quorra!

We will wait until you get your forth TT.

I think people in texas mostly just don't get to experience great crab. Dungeness and King crab are amazing. Those little scraggly things they have in the gulf are good in seafood stock...

Some SoCal punk to get the energy level up.

I like this one too. Yeah, hard rock.

CHEAP TRICK at Budokan

True to life from Roxy Music *floating away*

LOL...yeah, pretty much. Here is the bastage that caused all the drama. I was able to save the heads with a bit of work. Here is a shot of the heads being repaired. Only one hole was an issue, but there were o-ring grooves in them previously for a certain copper gasket I've given up on so I had them filled and decked. Definitely changed from the POC Manley to a Rev race valve. Cleaning up the hole from hell...you can see some of the damage still Buttoned back up with the new hardware New Diamond 2618 allow pistons 300M rods... Higher capacity oil pan... Billet main caps Assembled short block with a forged Scat crank and a custom cam made for boost...lift is relatively tame HS