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Comparing their speakers and headphones would be futile. The speakers may have a Beryllium tweeter but the Focal Utopia headphones have a Beryllium diaphragm that covers 5Hz-50Khz spectrum and is the most accurate but organic sound I have heard. I have owned some rather serious speakers in the past so my expectations are kind of high. The Focal Utopia impresses me to no end. I doubt any speaker can really compete unless they could make Beryllium drivers top to bottom which would be a tremendous expense.
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Hours on end. They are not fatiguing but true to the source, if the music is dynamic range compressed or hot in the treble you will hear it. With decent recordings they are very engaging and natural sounding. No shortcomings in these headphones, only shortcomings in the music itself.
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Some purists will seek out the better recordings, some will gravitate to more forgiving, less revealing speakers, others don't mind deploying a bit of EQ to tame the hot treble. Some will seek out the lusher sounding tube gear, some will listen to other genres where they can find a happy balance. I find Roon very useful with their powerful and rather transparent digital signal processing. I created a few parametric EQ settings when the mood strikes to listen to some classic rock and I don't like the dynamic range compression and guitar distortion. One flip of the DSP switch and the recording is tamed. |
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I have a Sim HAP - 430 inbound. Although I’ve really enjoyed my Focal Utopia’s through my Aurilac Taurus the upgradeitis has struck again. I demoed this combo in Vancouver and went with the Headphone amp and a Nordost balanced cable. The Focal cable is very high quality but it is very heavy and prone to twisting. It is the only thing that I don’t like about these superb headphones. I will report on both soon.
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My new headphone amp and Nordost balanced cable have finally arrived.
Right away the combo is stunning. The detail is amazing! Playing DSD files from my Melco is beyond anything I’ve ever heard before. Hard to believe that this will improve as the amp and cable break in. I will review them again after break in.Image1512969645.811357.jpg |
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Enjoy and looking forward to your impressions. |
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