lovethatsound
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Yes ,the carrying case will fit the utopia.Mm...love the Clear carrying case. Will it fit the Utopia well? The stock cables look interesting.
Yes ,the carrying case will fit the utopia.Mm...love the Clear carrying case. Will it fit the Utopia well? The stock cables look interesting.
But that spaciousness is exaggerated and not accurate. If you go a live performance of jazz for example, you hear the band playing in front of you. You won't hear someone hitting the snare -90 left next to your ear in real life.
So for me, the HD 800 is worse than the Focal Utopia in reproducing space as live jazz performances do not sound like that as the instruments are too seperated and all over the place.
Why did I read the one sentence as "full-sized human".At 450 grams, this is a certain fail for me (and I suspect many others). There are too many top end choices that offer similar performance but with all day comfort. The average human head already weighs 13.5 pounds. Why would I would another FULL pound to it? Ugh...
standard with the clear yes. Can also be bought separately and will fit both Elear and Utopia aswellis that carrying case standard with the clear? i was under the impression that it was a separate purchase...but i may have misunderstood...
Sounds like a good plan!I do hope there is a price drop like on Black Friday Sale and one could get it at a decent price. Anyone one who tried it can provide inputs on soundstage and timbre.
In any case am looking for a second HP to compliment my HD 800 . Maybe this would be the hp.
Any headphone with drivers sitting away from the ears is exaggerating space. It appears many people like space synthesisers rather than something that accurately reproduces (or attempts to reproduce) the soundstage that exists on the recording. If they like that effect fine, I often find it fun myself. You could place your loudspeakers (if anybody still owns any) 50 feet apart and say they are more 'spacious', but it is distortion and not a proper representation.Isn't this a bit of an exaggeration, Beagle? If I took you literally, then that would mean that any headphone with matched drivers should sound as spacious as an HD800. Yes, a well mastered spacious recording is THE prerequisite in order to have any chance at being able to hear a nice spacious soundstage via headphones. But the headphones matter also. Certain headphones, like the HD800, are undeniably better than others at reproducing the "space" in a well recorded track.
An issue with Elear, or Utopia as well?Maybe the new copper voice coil will fix the crackling/bottoming issue...? Time will tell.
The Elear as far as I know. The Utopia crowd probably won’t admit if their $3k headphones crackle.An issue with Elear, or Utopia as well?
HA HA dem right they dont.The Elear as far as I know. The Utopia crowd probably won’t admit if their $3k headphones crackle.
Can't say I've ever heard it on either of them, but then my listening time with then has been relatively limitedThe Elear as far as I know. The Utopia crowd probably won’t admit if their $3k headphones crackle.
Mm...for Utopia owners like myself, steer clear as it is clearly a downgrade. For non-Utopia owners looking at the Focal line-up, the choice just got a lot tougher.