the Elear suck in comparison to the Elegia and Clear. if you haven’t heard the better, you’d probably be fine with the Elear.
While I had them, I also thought they’d work well for a lot of modern mainstream stuff like hip hop. One get them be sure to share your impressions
Ok, lol. I definitely don’t share your opinion and I have heard them. I wasn’t a fan of the Elegia and sold that immediately. I got one of those during the $490 sale after I missed the first batch of the cheap elears. I liked the clear but it seemed closer to the standard “audiophile” sound and lacked the body I enjoyed in the elears. There definitely was not a sound quality difference big enough to say one sucks and the other doesn’t.
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I think this is purely a preference based opinion. I personally liked the elear, but feel it was way overpriced until recently. I also think the elegia sounds better but only marginally. The Clears on the other hand sound better to me than the elegia or elear…and that’s not knocking the other 2 headphones either (I still own an Elegia)…it is just better at resolution and more dynamic sounding). But for fun fatigue free listening, the elear are fantastic. Preferences and application of usage can change what is the better option.
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YMMV, however, they were at a serious disadvantage when I heard them as I had just listened to the Stellia, then the Clear, then the Elegia and then the Elear. I was very disappointed in how the Elear and Elegia sounded, but my ears had just been spoiled by totl equipment.
I don’t doubt they are good, especially with their competition…and now that it’s been so long since I’ve listened to the Stellia, they probably would sound good. 
TL,DR: Beatport more-or-less became a .mp3/.wav file seller and streaming service.
For what it’s worth I’ve also been enjoying my Elear a ton, and all the EQ experiments I did with it to fix it commonly perceived flaws just made it worse. I planned on purchasing the Clear pads eventually to turn it into an Elex, but I no longer do - looking at how the FR changes it does not look like it’s worth it for me.
I do still plan on buying the Clears if a deal comes along, however.
At around $400 for the Elear it’s a steal.
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Agree, compared to my other cans the Clear have much less substantive sound. Which is strange because they can be really punch and I associate that capability with body sometimes. 
I’m jealous, the clear was as high up as I could hear. I never seem to be lucky enough to hear any totl stuff. It’s probably a good thing. lol
I was hoping that wasn’t true. I really wanted to try that so I could wait longer before buying clear pads. Regardless I plan to buy the Clear pads. The Elex impressed me so much when I heard it I couldn’t live with myself knowing the only thing stopping me from hearing that is a pair of pads.
EDIT: Damn looks like it already sold?
Used Asgard 3 for $150 shipped.
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Don’t get me wrong, what I meant was that I liked the baseline so much that changing the frequency response wasn’t working for me - it might still work for you. I tried EQing out the dip in FR, that made them sound less natural for me, I also tried two separate harman curve presets made specifically for the Elears and that was just a mess. I did those mostly too see if I can improve them further, not because I didn’t like what they were.
If any of you can’t wait for the (coming soon) Audeze Penrose:
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Pretty good open box deal.
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Oh I think most of us were aware of them already. I just hadn’t seen that steal of a deal on there for the Elex before.
DarkVoice is 200$ at Drop currently. I am tempted.
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Been waiting for the Darkvoice. Thanks.
I ordered the DV last time it was on Drop in late March. It arrived early or mid June. Not sure if things have changed or if the delay was because of the human malware going around. Item works perfectly. I wanted to let you know just in case things with shipping are still bad. One other note is after my item arrived, I then got the notice from Drop it had shipped.
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