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    The New AEON 2: It's The End Of MrSpeakers

    No, you'd look to compare it to a closed back more in its price range/class like the Celestee. I have both the A2C and Stellia and the Stellia is clearly superior in every way save for the fact it weighs a bit more and its headband can make some creaking noises. The fact it is superior should be...
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    I have the A90 paired with my Stellia and it does what it is intended to do: provides a clean, uncoloured and powerful output to the headphone. I'm one of those Head-fi heretics though that actually thinks gear that measures in distortion and other areas above any human hearing threshold will...
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    Nothing other than EQing if you wanted to adjust the sound. It's a transparent system and the Stellias sound how they, well, sound in a transparent system like that and as you have heard, they sound great. There is no magic cable, no magic DAC. All that crap people say about cables and DACs and...
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    Aeon 2 closed Impressions and Discussion

    Cables don't EQ sound so your cabe is not going to smooth anything out. As an A2C owner, I find the treble fine but all personal preference and hearing I guess. You can also report back right away since burn-in is a myth. Only thing burning in is one's brain to the sound signature.
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    Back after 7 years - any good Shure 1540 replacements?

    Was using the 1540 for 4 years until I got the Aeon 2 Closed this February which is indeed a nice upgrade. Better/bigger and more airier soundstage (sounds less like a closed model compared to the 1540), more detail & resolution, better isolation, seemingly a bit more laid back while having nice...
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    I got a $20 New Fantasia cable 5 months back when I got my Elear since the stock cable is ridiculous in length. It sounded fine. When my Stellia arrived at the start of August, I tried it out since I don't like the Stellia cable in terms of stiffness and microphonics and it's a bit too short. It...
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    I don't have any advice on what to use. Just replying to say that if you do indeed end up doing this, please post pictures when you're done. Very curious to see what it'd look like painted black. Best of luck if you go ahead with this!
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    HIFIMAN HE-R10 Planar & Dynamic - Quick Impressions

    So you've heard EVERY single headphone model on earth to state what you are calling a fact by using the world unequivocally? This also ignores the fact headphone sound quality is subjective so what you claim is the "best" may not be the best to anyone else... This entire write-up reads like...
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    Focal Elegia - what do you think?

    The Radiance is not wireless and I've no idea where you got the idea it was. Did you not see the image in the thread on it with the cable connected to the cups? It comes with a 4 ft cable.
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    Focal For Bentley Radiance Headphones

    I think this looks great (really dig the gold flame/logo) but disagree that it makes the Stellia look less premium or "cheap"...I wonder if many that claim that about the Stellia are just going by pictures rather than seeing it in person. I own it and it definitely looks luxurious in person...
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    Someone just gave you $750 to buy one pair of headphones for happy place music chill out time listening. All your other cans dissappear. What do you buy?

    I'd find a Focal Elear and use that with EQ on PC. In fact, it is what I was doing for a few months before I got the Stellia in early August. Elear is awesome when you use EQ to fix its stock tonality issues.
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    Focal Utopia General Discussion

    As long as they honour the warranty which they don't seem to do at least when it comes to the headband. I've now seen 4 cases of people having their headband snap on the current or modern line of Focal headphones. One was for an Elear years ago where the owner dropped it from 3 feet and the...
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    Focal Utopia - not a fan, am I nuts or missing something?

    I have not heard them but you're not the only one that doesn't like them or Focals in general. We're all different and we hear different, so you're not nuts, especially since audio is very subjective.
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    I think the Stellia is a great choice, regardless of being open or closed. The Stellia sounds fairly open for being a closed back and at least with my ears, the soundstage has good depth and width goes beyond the ear cups with most music being displayed a bit in front of and slightly above the...
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    Best headphone for Topping A90/D90..help!

    The amp and DAC are both transparent and don't mess with the frequency response. Any headphone then will work well with the combo as they do what an amp and DAC should do: pass along the source material as accurate and clean as possible. Choose which headphone has the sound signature/frequency...
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    Looking for ( found )"end game" headphones in 2K ± price range.

    Which is a good idea given you own the A2C. I also have the A2C and got the Stellia a little over a month ago. It's better than the A2C and sounds great but it's not a case of blowing it out of the water. It's basically the A2C on steroids (more detail, bigger/better and airier soundstage...
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    Best HDD for audio-video quality

    Now we have someone claiming HDDs influence sound and can make images look different? Give me a freaking break. What's next, a keyboard or mouse impacting these things? This hobby is beyond bonkers. So much delusion in it as well as people being so stubborn where one points out what they claim...
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    Rate the video games you're currently playing

    Red Dead Redemption 2: 9.9/10 since I can't give any game a perfect score. (While I am not playing it right now, I plant o start up my fourth playthrough sooner than later) Mass Effect Andromeda: about a 7.6/10 Witcher 3: 9.4/10 Project Cars: 8.5/10
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    Topping D90

    Because the other person thinks there is a difference but refuses to accept it is all in their head. Typical really for this hobby. This is all in your head and I would love to secretly swap out the guts between the cases and have you then claim the MQA version still sounds better when it has...
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    HEDD Announces HEDDphone With AMT Technology

    You definitely don't need to drop 2.5k for a "worthy" amp. Something like the Topping A90 has plenty of power and is shown to be transparent both in noise/distortion and a ruler flat frequency response beyond the range of human hearing. It does what IMO, an amplifier should do: amplifies the...
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    Does it matter to you?

    Yes, I would do that. Unlike many in this hobby, I am not an elitist with cognitive dissonance and grasp that a lot of moderate priced gear is better than the expensive stuff and if I could get some all in one device that beats out what I have now, What wouldn't I do that? I'm also not one of...
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    Does it matter to you?

    This is so silly. You could take a lot of "cheap gear" and throw it into the case of the expensive stuff and people that brush aside the "cheap gear" would be gushing over it. In fact, I'd love to see someone do this and show up some of the wannabe elitists in this hobby and community. It's a...
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    Focal Stellia Review, Measurements, Interview - Head-Fi TV

    I was using the SMSL SP200 before and upgraded to the Topping A90 last Monday. The SP200 sounded great while I am all but certain the A90 seems to provide more impactful bass. It also seems to have a bit more overall clarity and soundstage depth, but that could all be in my head/placebo. The A90...
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    Dissapointed with high end headphones... what am I doing wrong?

    Just the law of diminishing returns. The key in this hobby is to realize most that spew forth how so and so sounds a zillion times better than something else are just embellishing. I got the Stellia a couple weeks ago and while it is amazing, it's not night and day different and X times better...
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