Specializing in providing modifications to the closed-back planar magnetic Fostex T50RP*, MrSpeakers released four variants that included the Mad Dog ($299.99 MSRP), Mad Dog Pro ($449.99 MSRP), Alpha Dog ($599.99 MSRP), and Alpha Prime ($999.99 MSRP). MrSpeakers was born during Dan’s personal quest to create his own ideal pair of closed headphones. Clark studied electrical engineering at Swarthmore College and gained recognition in the high-end audio industry for his work on commercial loudspeaker designs. Intro:Founded by Dan Clark in 2012, MrSpeakers is an American audio company based in San Diego, California. As always, YMMV and I hope you enjoy my review!! I am not associated with MrSpeakers and I have no financial stake in the Ether. These are just personal subjective sonic impression.I have very wide & varied listening habits depending on my mood. Favorite musical genres include everything from electronic, edm, house, trance, hip hop, r&b, rock, female vocals, pop, alternative, metal, classical, instrumental, piano, acoustic music, soundtracks.I enjoyed the HE-560 for its great clinical micro-detail retrieval and neutral-oriented sound sig that maintains solid bass quality with great extension and I liked to use the LCD-X as a complimentary genre-specific pair of headphones due to its outstanding bass quality, visceral bass impact, and organic texture-focused presentation. My current favorite headphone prior to listening to the Ether is the HE-1000. Notable headphones extensively demoed include HD800, LCD-3, K812 Pro. Notable favorite headphones previously owned include ATH-M50x, Q701, K545, HE-400, and PM-1. My headphone collection currently includes: HE-1000, HE-560, LCD-X, K7xx, K553 Pro, Alpha Prime, and the PM-3.I did things in that specific order to prevent myself from getting biased. Only after I wrote all my listening impressions did I listen to test tone sweeps. I did critical music listening impressions first.I have totaled approximately 7 weeks of listening time on the Ether at the time of first posting this review. I do not believe in headphone burn-in, but I refrained from taking critical impressions of the Ether during the first week.Primary testing set-up consists of Spotify/Tidal/assortment of FLAC files > via AmazonBasics USB 2.0 cable > Schiit Bifrost Uber > via Monoprice RCA cables > Schiit Lyr 2 > via stock headphone cable > MrSpeakers Ether.I personally purchased these headphones at full MSRP from MrSpeakers.

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