[John2e]

They leak a lot. My wife was in the next room watching TV and asked me to turn them down.  Luckily I was using the Mojo so I just went into a different room. 

 

[jamato8]

  They leak a lot. My wife was in the next room watching TV and asked me to turn them down.  Luckily I was using the Mojo so I just went into a different room. 

Our rooms are widely separated and I used to get that all the time. Now, never, which is great. I also have a door to the room. lol 

 

[x RELIC x]

They leak a lot. My wife was in the next room watching TV and asked me to turn them down.  Luckily I was using the Mojo so I just went into a different room. 

In the next room and watching TV. How loud do you listen?! :eek:

I find the Utopia to be veeeery dynamic and don't really feel the need to 'crank it'.

 

[lovethatsound]

In the next room and watching TV. How loud do you listen?! :eek:

I find the Utopia to be veeeery dynamic and don't really feel the need to 'crank it'.

Hi m8
So what do think about the utopia with your chord Dave?

 

[meomap]

Which cable are you ordering? 

Silver Comp 4 version with 2.5 mm baLance termination. Also, ordered some adapters.
By the way, my Elear will come 083116. Can't wait.

 

[x RELIC x]

Hi m8
So what do think about the utopia with your chord Dave?

Hi. Still getting used to it. The short story is, I LOVE it. Before I received the Utopia I felt the DAVE had a lot more to give. Now I don't feel the DAVE is being held back by my headphones, or vice-versa.

The long story will be when I post my detailed impressions. My notes are turning out to be review length, lol.

 

[lovethatsound]

Hi. Still getting used to it. The short story is, I LOVE it. Before I received the Utopia I felt the DAVE had a lot more to give. Now I don't feel the DAVE is being held back by my headphones, or vice-versa.

The long story will be when I post my detailed impressions. My notes are turning out to be review length, lol.

Looking forward to your review m8.☺

 

[FLTWS]

   
 
I have tested the Elear with:
 
WireWorld Nano Platinum Eclipse (OCC Silver)
WireWorld Nano Eclipse (OCC Copper)
MIT Vero Reference
WyWires Red
Dana Cables.
 
I will post later today my personal impressions and preference.
 
I have a DHC Complement4 (OCC Copper) but I need to make an adapter since it has the 2.5mm connectors for my HE1000.

 
Looking forward to this.

 

[MacedonianHero]

The focals and planers are all so low it probably does not matter. They are both lower than every speaker on the market. The magico S5 was one of the lowest at the time of measurment.

http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1043:nrc-measurements-magico-s5-loudspeakers&catid=77:loudspeaker-measurements&Itemid=153

 
The Focals are quite impressive with regards to low distortion for dynamic cone drivers...that said, they still don't compare to orthos or stats due to the limitations with standard drivers...that was my point. So the measurements infer that the "bass quality" would in fact be tighter with orthos/stats. Whether one can pick that up, like most things in life...it depends (upstream gear, source material, one's ears, etc...). 
 
Just speaking in generalizations. I hope to hear the Elear and Utopia headphones soon. So far the only dynamic headphone to come close to say the LCD-4/HE1000 or SR-007/SR-009 are the HD800/HD800S. These new headphones from Focal look to usurp the HD800S for dynamic driver based headphones based on their measurements, so I'm pretty excited to hear them.

 

[james6333]

^
Yes it is hard to say if the distortion will actually be heard. I don't hear it in my Grados and they are crazy distorted based on the measurments. Could be that we are all just accustom to hearing distortion in the bass, generally speaking.

 

[Mediahound]

A question for those who own the Utopia.How much do they leak in a quiet room compared to other full size open headphones as HD650,HD800?
Wonder if they cab be used outside at all.
Thanks.

 
 

  They leak a lot. My wife was in the next room watching TV and asked me to turn them down.  Luckily I was using the Mojo so I just went into a different room. 

 
And here's why they leak a lot (they're supposed to): 
 

The first obvious aspect is the extent of the open design of these two products. When Utopia or Elear are being worn, the sensation is remarkable: there is absolutely no change in perception in terms of room size. This desire to not have an impact on the impedance of the room the user is in, clearly contributes to the realistic sound of these two headphones."

from: 
http://www.focal.com/headphones/docs/2016_headphones_press_release.pdf

 

[echineko]

Hi. Still getting used to it. The short story is, I LOVE it. Before I received the Utopia I felt the DAVE had a lot more to give.

What were you using before this?

 

[positively4th]

FYI there's a single focal elear up on amazon now

Edit: 3 mins later and it's gone

 

[Mediahound]

FYI there's a single focal elear up on amazon now

Not an authorized seller. Be careful with those sellers on Amazon. I also notice they allow no returns on headphones too.

 

[positively4th]

You sure? The one that was just up is from a seller called Audiolab. I looked them up and it at least appears they are an authorized dealer (on focals website).