I'm having a weird issue with foobar and asio with windows 10. Sometimes when I stop playing music the globe that indicates sample rate changes from redbook to another colour (orange I think) and ASIO fails to work brining up a foobar error box. I have to change foobar settings to WASAPI, play a track to get the globe to change to red and then go back to ASIO in settings.
Has anyone has this before?
I was part of the Hugo2 tour actually, so I did get a long time with it. That said, I wasn't talking about the Hugo2, I simply was speaking in general terms and only addressed the Utopia as you mentioned it specifically and it sounded like you owned it. My apology for the mistake. And despite having the Mojo here during my time with the Hugo2, I still have no sense of how one decides if component A is x times better sounding than component B. I just don't think that type of determination is possible. Now subjectively, sure, anybody can say and feel rightly that a piece of gear is way better sounding than something else. There is nothing wrong with holding such an opinion, I do it as well. I was just saying that it would be quantifiably impossible to show that for every x amount of dollars spent, these areas of sound reproduction increased in discrete, easy to measure ways that would allow us to say why headphone x is worth 10 times more than headphone B. I don't think there is anything controversial about that.
I also suspect that a perfectly neutral headphone would be perceived by some as boring so there really is no audio utopia (pun intended) as the experience with audio bliss that we strive for is different for each of us.
I also want to figure out why, so I tested some of the "good" headphones like hd800, lcd3, utopia, I trust my ear than any other reviewers.
In a simple word, it gives you the magical sound. The price is basically building upon the previous product from their company, also cross-talk with other same level headphones.
In my opinion, in this business, they scale the price very good, it used to be classified an under 1000 level, 1000-2000, anything beyond 2000, (some of the company want to grab the market so they may push their price a little.
But now it is much more like 500,1000,1500,2000,2400, and anything beyond 2400, I would say in the 500 range everything is fine, very musical, this range is the one which start separates the user from buying Beats to this entry level, so this level's product is actually quite good.500-1000 is a much better improvement, to this level.
But the real thing change beyond 1000, in the range below 1000, you listen to the "music", beyond 1000, you listen to the "headphone".
Everybody has their own scale of the product, the ratio of price and performance is the main concern for the custom. But I would say in the same company product, the bar is very obvious.
I have th900 and just received a pair of E-MU teak, I like E-MU teak, and online a lot of people says E-MU teak and THx00 is better than TH900, I don't know how they have the conclusion, but in my ear the difference is quite obvious, E-MU is a quite good headphone for 500. I promise it is a good headphone for 500, but if you want me to pay 1000, not even close. Th-900 even a lot of people say they don't like it or whatever, it still sounds like a flagship, it sounds like the best Fostex they ever made, same reason to utopia, they are the best headphone Focal ever made. I agree these headphones should lower the price, which can make more people can enjoy, but business is business.
That is the reason I prefer mojo cause in its price range I can't see anything perform this good in this small size if I really want to upgrade, the only thing that can go another level is HUGO2.
Anyway this is my opinion.
