Glad I could help, thank you for watching.

same here....just setting mine up now - the fun begins

Would you recommend the synkronika over the Lelia Bianca

It's a special machine for sure.

Thank you for the kind compliment.

That's a really good question. I haven't measured it personally but my feeling is that it does. I think that fully open the orifice of the flow restrictor is larger than in the stock gicleur so the flow would be greater than machine without the flow control and just with a standard mushroom

Just curious, hav eyou got to fix ur issue after 3 months of practice since your comment? I've read elsewhere that some users needed to grind a bit finer when playing with the flow control because of the pre-infusion I guess. I don't know if it's only if you pre-infuse for too long though.

This is normal flow for an E61 group without any coffee. Once you put coffee in the puck and you get back pressure the spray evens out.

Just get urself the (IMS E61 Nanotech Shower). Trust me it is unexpensive and by far one of the best upgrade you could do to any E61 machines!

Hi, it's really personal preference. I think they both look quite good. My personal preference is for the anthracite because I like the contrast but the chrome has that amazing shine.

Could be grinding too fine

Which one did you get?

From what I understood, it is even more useful to those who aren't plumbed-in as otherwise there is no way to pre-infuse but with a flow-control you get to mimic a plumbed-in machine since you can start for example at 1-2 bars for a 10-20s pre-infusing instead of being 100% of the time at the full 9.5 bars. Plumbed machines have a default in-line pressure around 2 bars at the house or you can have an external filtering thingy such as those from BWT to then lower the pressure to 1-2 bars if ur house have too much pressure. So a plumbed machine without flow control will be able to pre-infuse at 1-2 bar yes, but then it will be full pump at 9 bars, no in between. That's the point of flow control so they get the in-between but people on reservoir get the adjustements AND the pre-infuse capability so it's really interesting as you don't need to spend an extra 400-500$ on a rotary pump and break ur kitchen's countertop to plumb the machine ^^

@@PanzerIV88 does flow control improve the taste, and would you recommend this machine over the lelit Bianca?

@@hitshot I don't know any Lelit machines but I can say that there's a few things which you can't go wrong such as having a PID, E61 brewer, HX or double boiler over single boiler, having at least 1.2Bar if steaming pressure. To be honest I ended up not really experimenting all that much over the last year, as I find dialing my grinder to get my 2:1 ratio of 20g for 40ml between 25-30sec to be more important overall. I just started last week to do the WDT technique with a tool from Amazon and it DOES make a difference in puck consistency. Same thing for my new grinder since 2 weeks when I went from a 65mm "Rocket Fausto" to the awesome 83mm single doser "Ceado SD37" and also started doing the RDT technique with a water bottle that came with it, major difference to reduce mess and static, like it gives me 0.00g or at worse 0.01g of retention inside, it's just crazy efficient! So all this makes more of a difference than flow control which is anything but cheap so better keep that money and invest in a better grinder, that is so underrated. I have a friend who bought his first real machine "ECM Classika" or something like that, 1000$ single boiler... But since he had such a sh*tty grinder, he never got to use his espresso machine and had to return it after all the tests I've done with my tool on his equipment. So I'd say that flow control is the last thing you get, very optional and a temperature gauge is prolly gonna be cheaper and more useful imo. It's very hard to dial the pressure in between, seems like it stays low during pre-infusion like 2 bars or 4 at most but then if you open it one quarter, it goes quickly to full 9.5bars so okay if you want to pre-infuse more than default E61 but good luck doing fancy profiles and that's gonna be a waste of time on anything less than top quality and freshness coffee.

In a way yes, a flow control device reduces the flow so it takes pressure longer to build. The effect is similar to pressure profiling but not exactly pressure profiling

Since the flow is quite restricted it takes more time to get full saturation. The full pressure extraction is shorter. I have found you can get a lot of variance in flavour changing the flow profiles and I have had fantastic tasting shots that took over a minute to extract

we were suprirsed to find that as well, we ended up changing the lower half but not sure why

@@ange5354 OK I found out, its to cut ECMs built in preinfusion so you now have complete control of your own preinfusion times.

Hi, this part is refered to as a shower screen but the dispersion isn't like an actual shower when there is no coffee. When you have coffee and back pressure it does help in dispersing the water around the whole puck but that is the normal flow for an e61 with the portafilter removed

@@layas8690 Highly suggest that you buy the (IMS E61 Shower Nanotech) from IDC. It's one of the best upgrade you can do to any E61 machines and is about only 45-50$? I got one for my Rocket R58, it's wayyyy better than stock for shower dispersion and keeps it 10x cleaner.

@@PanzerIV88 . The ease of cleaning part is also appealing . thanks for your suggestion

Just bought one fromidinkcoffee, not the profited or ecm to put on my MaraX

It is possible to reduce the flow to a small trickle using the flow control device which is similar to the Slayer Espresso preinfusion

We have both the Profitec and ECM in stock. For now we only have it on new machines but a kit will be available soon to upgrade any machine.

@@iDrinkCoffeeCanada great news!

@@iDrinkCoffeeCanada This is awesome news! I bought my Synchronika with the hope that the FCD upgrade kit would soon become available. Any insight on timeframe for purchase?

@@LuckyDragon289 we will have upgrade kits available in the new year and they are not difficult to install

They are quite different types of machines. The flow control is a different experience from just a standard pump on the LMLM. The Linea Mini is a great machine but you do have to pay a premium. The price difference is significant, enough to buy a very good grinder.

I have the same question! Hope you had the answer already

@@khairolzaini7246 I have not heard any input from others. however from what I’ve researched I believe both are very good machines. IMHO the Bianca gets you more bang for the buck, but is not as popular as the Synchronika. I feel the later is more popular because it is sold through more retailers across North America. If you want all the functions and save money than get the machine by Lelit. However, if you want recognition than get the EMC. I feel the Bianca has more sex appeal over the EMC. Good luck. Oh, the money you would save will be well spent for a better grinder and or towards a good scale if that your thing.

@@rottiejakeluke oh what machine did you get tho? Im still stuck between these two. I like the way the ECM looks and its built inside out. I havent seen any ECM owners in this country and lots are buying the bianca. So im thinking of the service and if somehow the ECM broke down. I'd have nowhere to repair 😂 the bianca instock here is the same price as if i bring in the ECM from Hongkong. Really gives me a headache!

@@khairolzaini7246 my purchase was squashed due to lack of funds which had to be used for a family emergency,

@@khairolzaini7246 which one did you get?

Hi, yes it is the same type of device that the Bianca has but the flow control device predates both Lelit and ECM, this has been around for some time, it has just recently gained some interest again

There are a lot of other variables to consider, ie. temperature, grind, the coffee itself. The flow control just gives you another tool to customize your extraction to get the kind of taste you are looking for.

La marzocco is better but but ecm is incredibly machine for home

The flow control device is an adjustable flow restrictor. You adjust it to open it to allow for more flow or close it to restrict the flow

Yes it can, the flow control works in tank mode as well.

In USA have both

All of the products that we sell are 110v but ECM is made in 220v, I would suggest contracting your local dealer or ECM directly for info

John, the upper right manometer is the pump pressure, the flow control manometer is downstream of the flow control valve. By shutting this almost to fully closed it takes time for the pressure to build up.

Hi, Unfortunately this is not something that I am knowledgeable about, I have never lived at a high elevation.