Sculptor 078

100 K6 200 ZP6 (I own personally and really love) 400 Ode gen 2 (or find one on Facebook gen 1 for less than 200 and you can leave as is or put in ssp, have also done, totally worth it, but the alignment was rough) 600 Timemore 064S with ssp burrs 800 Timemore 078 I have experience with all of these grinders except the K6, but it gets a lot of recs, so I feel like it’s definitely worth recommending for the price point. I can personally recommend that these are worth their price points before diminishing returns and give you a range of prices under $1000. I’d stay clear of encores. I’ve owned 2 and personally really don’t like them, especially at the price point—you’d be waaaay better served by a hand grinder.

It's also not that good for pour overs. I owned one for two years, and sold it to get a Timemore Sculptor 078, which is much better. Even with the Sculptor 064 you'll likely get better pour over, and they cost the same or slightly less than a Niche.

I used to own the Niche, replaced it with the 078 and now I don't feel like I will be buying a new grinder any time soon. It's fantastic for pour overs, and I stopped drinking espressos

Unironically if you are claritymaxxing and you don’t mind hand grinding, this is gonna get you better cup quality (in terms of clarity) than the timemore 078. Though if you’re grinding electric I would really buy that with the turbo burrs.

Which 078 are you talking about? I have a 078 with SSP burrs and works really well for Pour overs. love the clarity

I have an Ode Gen 2 with SSP, and I have really enjoyed it. However, I have a friend that has a Timemore 078 and have done brew comparisons between the grinders. I personally like the 078 better for filter and soup. 078 also has a better workflow in my opinion. Another grinder that people seem to love on this subreddit is the Femobook A4z. I don’t have any personal experience with that grinder, but you may want to consider it as well given your prince range.

I have exactly what you describe with the Philos and 078 and it works really well. I think the Philos could easily do both but I would potentially have to purge a bit of beans when switching between pour over and espresso. The 078 makes great coffee, but isn't as impressive a piece of kit as the Philos. It sounds whiny and the popcorn effect is real. Not a huge deal but worth mentioning i think.

I have a Timemore 078 and a Philos. Between the two I would not consider the 078. The Philos is better, for me, in every way except size.

Timemore customer service is… a huge disappointment. As an owner of a really great 078, I (unfortunately) can’t recommend them. You consider a DF64?

My DF64 isn’t quiet, but it sure is much quieter than my Sette was. My 078 is quieter than both.