As a few others on the board already know, my wife and I were both recently diagnosed with cancer. While she was recuperating from having her stomach removed (!!!), I was balled up in bed going through months of chemo for my lymphoma. I bought this headset exactly 12 months ago (as of Feb 6th) at the tail end of my more aggressive treatments during a time when I thought I wouldn't be doing much more than continuing to lay in bed moaning, retching, and listening to music to calm my nerves and soothe my spirits. But for most of 2022, the Stellias actually sat in the box unopened because I just couldn't get up the oomph to start putting it through its paces when I had other very capable cans already lying about.

Although there isn't a cure for what I've got, I started to regain my strength late last year--thankfully, so did my wife. Instead of focusing more on listening to music in bed, I decided to buy us a pair of motorcycles so we can spend what time we have left together tooling around the coast and enjoying our time on the road. That means clearing out some gear to accommodate our shifting priorities in life.

This headset is in about as MINT condition as you can get without buying one fresh off the shelf--if I have even 4-5 hours of head-time on them, I'd be absolutely shocked. All original packaging is here (even the desiccant pouches to keep everything minty fresh) including the inner leatherette presentation box, cable and document folios, black felt headband protector, and the outer shipping box with matching S/N--the rubber zipper-pull protectors are even still on the hard case!

The XLR cable is completely unused; the 3.5mm cable was used for all of 20-30 minutes during a recent Focal Bathys audition. There is no patina on the headband; but because I'm so OCD about the condition of my gear, I only used the Stellias with the color-matched woven headband cover anyway, and I'll send that along in the package as well. I will also throw in a 5 foot DAP-friendly (right-angle connector) Moon Audio Silver Dragon cable for your troubles. There is 1 year left on warranty; receipt and Focal warranty cert will be provided to buyer.

I will cover insured shipping in the US (contact me if you're overseas) and PayPal fees so don't worry about being pressured into using a F&F payment--I want us both to feel comfortable and confident about our transaction because I've been in your shoes plenty of times myself and know how harrowing it can be buying high-ticket items on faith alone. Drop me a line if you have any questions, and thanks so much for looking!