Quick and dirty impressions:
My current headphones that I use the most are HD800, I like Alt Rock, Americana, Chill music (wide variety there), house, and orchestral (basically, give me good examples from any genre and I'll probably appreciate it), and I've also grown up as a gamer.
The Elear
You know how fans of the HD700 say "Oh, well it has a sound halfway between the HD650 and an HD800 with more bass, less treble, looks wicked awesome and feels hella comfortable?" And it originally cost $1000? The good stuff the HD700 does with warmer, more muscular/solid mids and midbass, and costing less than an HD800, all that? Yeah, the Elear fulfills that sound signature with more aplomb, without the peak and valley flaws in the treble, and overall much more sense of detail and what's going on. With the smoother, more euphoric sound, I totally get the comparisons to the HD650, but again I just hear it outclass the Sennheisers mentioned. Overall they're a headphone that I would choose for a rich, fun sound, and it is a headphone I could see owning.
A/B'd with the HD800, the HD800 definitely felt thinner but in an "airy" sort of way. I felt like the Elear had more grunt and "solid" feeling, while the HD800 was effortless in reproducing the music. Transparency versus musicality, neither straying into analytical or over saturated. I personally prefer the HD800 more, but I'm confident the Elear is more what my friend BunnyNamedFrank would be into. For the money, both would be excellent choices I could recommend easily.
Utopia
I was texting my friends in excitement as I got ready to put the Utopias on my head, but once the music started, all my texts started getting weird.
Short sentences.
Streeeeetched vowels, like "Niiiiice," "Ooooooooh duuuuuuude," and "ahMAAAAAAAAAZEballs!"
Before we listened to the much anticipated Focals, I found an Enigma Acoustic's Dharma plugged in already (burning in, very fresh so keep that in mind), and we listened to some Flamenco guitar recorded live. The Flamenco played to the strengths of the Dharma, with fast treble and (IMO) excellent grade soundstage depth. With that headphone, knowing the tech in it, placebo psychology made me listen extra carefully for the difference between highs and lows, but I still came away pretty impressed. HOWEVER. When I listened to the same song on the Utopia, there was like a sense of relief. It didn't seem to give up any speed or natural timbre, but it felt much more natural and made the Dharma's treble seem bright. It has that effortless sound of the HD800, but somehow sounded even cleaner! Pink Floyd's "Time" was astonishing on the Utopia, that was the best word I could summon up. For fun, I streamed "Time" over Apple Music, then downloaded the 320kbps version, and we also had it on CD. The depth of the soundstage and reduction of "digital hash" improved with the 320kbps version, but grain and harshness were least evident in the CD version. I hadn't really done that test yet with the HD800 (been having more fun using it rather than being all scientific with it), but it was interesting how easy it was to hear the difference the bitrates made. I think I even heard a bit of distortion from the desktop amp we were using, I have no idea why but my brain's intuition said it wasn't the headphone's fault.
Realistically, on my current income, the Utopia is priced a step beyond "get it but feel guilty" and into, simply, I just can't scrounge up enough money to buy one. I'd love one if I could fit it into my budget though, and it makes me curious about Focal speakers some day.