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Headphoneus Supremus
The Celestees are impressing me. I've been listening to them about 10 hours now with some break-in. I know the Focal house-sound from the likes of the clear, elegia and stellia I have owned in the past and the Celestee hits the sweet spot for me. I decided on a closed back dynamic and a planar magnetic open-back cause those combinations offer the best listening experience in my opinion.
I've seen a fair share of closed-backs in the last few years. From a simple beyerdynamic custom one pro, stopping by the DT1770 PROs and T5p gen.2 all the way up to Stellia; which I sold when I heard the beyerdynamic mmx-300.2 (which gave me ~ 90% of the listening pleasure at 10% of the price). From Kennerton Magni (Kennerton which I adore for open-back headphones!) to æon 2 noire and later the Ether C flow 1.1.
When I sold the Ether C flow 1.1 I tried the LSA HP-2 ultra who's sound impressed but comfort was nowhere near the same level as Magni, Beyerdynamic T5 gen3 who's sound was near perfect but the headphones gave me a hotspot on the top of my head and now Focal Celestee. It feels to be the sweetspot between fun and truth. The sweetspot for a close and intimate sound with a strong sub-bass and great macro details.
Listening to the studio version of Pneuma gives me the feeling I am there in my own personal listening booth while the artistst are creating this modern masterpiece
I've hooked them up to the Audio-gd Master 19, using a balanced cable, the soundstage is narrow but truthful. The DCA Ether C Flow 1.1 made my jaw drop in this regard, the open soundstage that that brand can create with closed-back headphones is impressive.
Will it replace my LSA HP-Diamond; which is my goto headphone? No way! Will it suit my needs for when I prefer some isolation: why yes! Can it just stand there and be pretty? I think so, more so than Stellia imo.
I've seen a fair share of closed-backs in the last few years. From a simple beyerdynamic custom one pro, stopping by the DT1770 PROs and T5p gen.2 all the way up to Stellia; which I sold when I heard the beyerdynamic mmx-300.2 (which gave me ~ 90% of the listening pleasure at 10% of the price). From Kennerton Magni (Kennerton which I adore for open-back headphones!) to æon 2 noire and later the Ether C flow 1.1.
When I sold the Ether C flow 1.1 I tried the LSA HP-2 ultra who's sound impressed but comfort was nowhere near the same level as Magni, Beyerdynamic T5 gen3 who's sound was near perfect but the headphones gave me a hotspot on the top of my head and now Focal Celestee. It feels to be the sweetspot between fun and truth. The sweetspot for a close and intimate sound with a strong sub-bass and great macro details.
Listening to the studio version of Pneuma gives me the feeling I am there in my own personal listening booth while the artistst are creating this modern masterpiece
I've hooked them up to the Audio-gd Master 19, using a balanced cable, the soundstage is narrow but truthful. The DCA Ether C Flow 1.1 made my jaw drop in this regard, the open soundstage that that brand can create with closed-back headphones is impressive.
Will it replace my LSA HP-Diamond; which is my goto headphone? No way! Will it suit my needs for when I prefer some isolation: why yes! Can it just stand there and be pretty? I think so, more so than Stellia imo.
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