Focal Utopia (updated) Headphone Review

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  • Опубліковано 24 січ 2025

КОМЕНТАРІ • 28

  • @davidn8656
    @davidn8656 9 місяців тому +1

    I love Focal I wish you talked about them more.

  • @DavidGilden
    @DavidGilden 9 місяців тому +3

    Hi Tom, Thanks for this great review. I personally own Focal Clear MG Professional Open-Back Headphones driven by a RME audio interface.
    On my first use I was blown away on how confirmable these premium headphones are and continue to be impressed by the quality sound they deliver.
    I can only imagine how good Focal's Utopia perform paired with appropriate electronics.

    • @poturbg8698
      @poturbg8698 8 місяців тому +1

      The Utopias are not thousands of dollars better than the Clears (which I own). It's the law of diminishing returns at work...

    • @mikew9788
      @mikew9788 8 місяців тому +1

      I have the mg clear also, absolutely love them

  • @Rockapotamus91
    @Rockapotamus91 7 місяців тому +1

    Would love to hear your opinion on the HD650 it measures and sounds like a high end headphone at an affordable price.

    • @sarveshsharma9437
      @sarveshsharma9437 Місяць тому +1

      It doesn't sound like high end headphones, but its tuning and timbre are pretty good. That's all. It doesn't have a low end extension, the bass texture and quantity is mediocre, and the soundstage and imaging are terrible. It's famous for its mids, and that's the reason I kept it all these years.

    • @soulfulfool
      @soulfulfool 4 дні тому

      @@sarveshsharma9437 each of my headphones got brilliant mid range but timbre is what differs them apart, I like those colors in timbre thats why I keep them all to make it less boring, got my 6XX which is most likely 650 in disguise :) I'm keeping it most likely because by time it lost any special value to even try to sell it, besides that I have a plan to instal some mods and play with tuning of it

  • @Wakeaholik
    @Wakeaholik 8 місяців тому

    Epic GreatGrandad win - what a legend!

  • @Nephilim-81
    @Nephilim-81 9 місяців тому +2

    Hey Tom. I gotta ask. I noticed you’ve got the Pass Labs HPA-1 Amplifier. Did you use it with the Utopia? Must be insanely good.

    • @thomasmartin2219
      @thomasmartin2219 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, I used the HPA-1 with the Utopia, along with the Naim Uniti Atom headphone edition and the dCS Lina headphone amp. I’m starting reviews of those now. The HPA-1 has its detractors, but I think it has some small magic too. I should note, as I think I mentioned in the review, that the Naim worked well with the Utopia, and is a nice package (includes streamer and dac).

  • @aceofspades6667
    @aceofspades6667 9 місяців тому +1

    Great review… might I also suggest you review: ZMF caldera, ZMF atrium, final d8000 pro LE, abyss 1266 phi tc, Mysphere 3.1, Warwick bravura, Hifiman Shang gr la.

    • @thomasmartin2219
      @thomasmartin2219 9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the ideas!

    • @aceofspades6667
      @aceofspades6667 9 місяців тому

      @@thomasmartin2219 the caldera will give you similar quality capability as the susvara or Utopia but the source gear (Dac and amp) requirements are far lower so all in you can have the absolute best sound chain at a much lower price point.

    • @thomasmartin2219
      @thomasmartin2219 9 місяців тому +1

      We have reviews of the Warwick Bravura and Sonoma on The Absolute Sound site.

  • @andrewweis5857
    @andrewweis5857 9 місяців тому +1

    I like your UA-cam reviews.

  • @chrislj2890
    @chrislj2890 9 місяців тому +1

    I know I commented on this video. Did you delete and repost this video? You just did that on another one recently.

    • @jimomertz
      @jimomertz 9 місяців тому +3

      Yeah. What was updated? I’m not listening to all this again.

    • @chrislj2890
      @chrislj2890 9 місяців тому +2

      @@jimomertz
      I dunno, I'm not rewatching it either.

    • @thomasmartin2219
      @thomasmartin2219 9 місяців тому +1

      Sorry, we had to re-position the FR graphs. 6:27 and 8:01

    • @chrislj2890
      @chrislj2890 9 місяців тому +1

      @@thomasmartin2219
      Thanks Thomas.

  • @elasmojones
    @elasmojones 3 місяці тому

    Maybe when I win the lotto or something...

  • @ptg01
    @ptg01 9 місяців тому

    $5K seems insane... but hey, it's the free market at work.

    • @gdubaz
      @gdubaz 9 місяців тому +5

      What’s insane is people buying Beats.

    • @whocares2465
      @whocares2465 7 місяців тому

      ​@@gdubaz dude, those are getting better and better ! Check them out before you speak !

    • @sarveshsharma9437
      @sarveshsharma9437 Місяць тому

      And Airpods Max.

    • @soulfulfool
      @soulfulfool 4 дні тому

      @@gdubaz people dont care about sound quality, half of population think that every headphone sounds the same and most important in music is bass quantity

  • @beenthere6769
    @beenthere6769 2 місяці тому

    why nobody talks about elevated upper mids that make it sound boxy ?

    • @TASmagazine
      @TASmagazine  2 місяці тому

      My listening, and measurements, show a slightly depressed upper midrange. This , however, could yield what you feel is a boxy sound. I described it differently.