Yes, I agree with everything you said, particularly about copying his setup to our DAWs. It took me just five minutes to do that in Cubase, and it works great!
But that's what's so strange about EchoSphere (to me); it doesn't really provide new mixing functionality or simplify a complex setup (like CLA's). In fact, one could argue that it's not even as versatile as CLA Effects. By comparison, EchoSphere is like a step backwards, and so I'm surprised that it was associated with CLA and Mixing with Depth.
But hey, I'm with you, I think it sounds good and certainly will give it a try in my mixes.
Cheers...