Focal Utopia Focal Stellia Some IEMs by Bose

I own the Stellia and don't plan on selling them. I also own Utopia. When I put on the Stellia headphones the sound is impressive and immersive and I'm not thinking "this could be better" until I put on the Utopias and they are another level better. But, that's to be expected in closed back...

Me too. I got a stinking good deal ($2,000 US) and they came with a nicer than the stock cable. I'm listening to Vieux Farka Touré on them right now. Had them over a year now and never, ever feel like I want to even look at anything else. I have the Stellia too for outside the house, which, when...

I bought the Stellia used off ebay. I wasn't too sad to be replacing the cables, never really liked the stock ones. The Corpse cable is much more pleasing to me.

Because I'm apparently an idiot who isn't paying attention :-)

My Stellia stock cable just went bad earlier this week. Left side went dead. I hunted around and ended up buying a Corpse cable. Not the gravedigger, their standard cable. I got it today and I'm listening to the phones with that cable as I write this. The cable is fantastic. It doesn't tangle...

Focal Utopia. Nothing I've heard before beats it.

I could almost do that, but not ideally. I also need(ed) a pair for when I'm out and about, whenever I'll be able to do that again; places are opening up slowly here in California, but I'm probably not going to go breathing other people's air again until there's a vaccine. However, I also like...

When I took the plunge and bought the Utopias I sold all four of my other headphones and an amplifier to offset the cost. No way I was going to listen to them once I had the Utopias. I'll have these on my head and forget they're there (distracted) and a sound will come from, say, 8 o'clock...

Were they pressing in on the top of your dome? I read where another guy had that issue. They have foam up there but if you have a bit of a crest there on top of your noggin' then apparently that is a possible pressure point.

It was for me. I own both Utopia and Stellia (was going to try both and sell one, but looks like I'm keeping both) and I don't notice much difference. I wear thick-framed Persol glasses and I still get a good seal. The bass is great, love it, and I even get great bass on the Utopia. I bought...

That list is pretty darn subjective. I sure like the Utopia and wouldn't argue with its placement, but there's a whole lot of headphones ahead of the Stellia I don't agree with. And placing the Stellia and Elegia in the exact same placement doesn't make sense. Does his ears work?

Makes sense, given the same company made all three. My problem is that it's a bit over budget for me. Not by a lot but I would at least like to look at slightly less pricey alternatives that might be nearly as good.

Focal Arche is now on my short list. Gotta be a DAC/AMP combo, so that works.

As a new Utopia owner I'm really enjoying the extreme upgrade they provide me, but I'm running them from a Chord Mojo, which has been good enough, while of course not the best; but now the Mojo is acting up: cutting out, acting weird. It appears my five-year-old dac/amp is on the way out, I want...