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    • Tobes
      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Interesting. I bought mine in Oct 2016 and they have serial 575 - likely a similar vintage to yours(?) - though mine have been reliable...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Is that 4 times in 5yrs? Surely something going on other than just bad luck. My 2016 Utopias now have 8+ years as my primary music...
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      Tobes reacted to Nkam's post in the thread Benchmark DAC3 HGC (w/ ESS Sabre 9028PRO) with Like Like.
      The DAC3 is sorta amazing. I mean it’s amazing but it’s just a DAC. Lol. It doesn’t cure cancer. I don’t find it at all...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Like I said I'm just wondering how gunk seepage could lead to electrical failure? As it happens I still have my old gunky Utopia pads in...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Yeah, I've seen a few reported over the years. I can see how gunk seepage could make the HP unserviceable - requiring driver replacement...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      I think I called it a suspicion not a thesis.:wink: I also live in a temperate zone, but it gets hot in summer and that's when I noticed...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Definitely worth checking. My 2016 pads deteriorated and caused a sticky mess under the pads, though it never migrated and caused a...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Begs the question how that would happen. Cables/connectors don't go faulty stored in a box - unless at the bottom of the sea. Maybe the...
    • Tobes
      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      Sorry, but it sounded extraordinary. Is there some detail missing here?
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      So you bought $4000 headphones new back in 2017, connected them the wrong way round, used them for a bit, never worked out how to unplug...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      7+ years of ownership here and no issues (except the sticky goo on the inside of the OG pads). From my point of view the durability...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      This is true but not all speaker amps have mute circuits to eliminate transients when switching on/off or other appropriate protection...
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      Tobes replied to the thread Focal Utopia General Discussion.
      When I owned the HE6 I experimented with various power amps, however given the sensitivity of the Utopia I'm not sure why you would want...
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      Empirical results. I own both headphones and have used them on multiple sources including my phone, laptop, DX3 pro and Benchmark HPA4...
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      I haven't heard the AD900x but I previously owned the AD900 and prefer the 712pro. I found the AD900 to sound 'lightweight' and a bit...
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