[meomap]

The Chord Mojo seems to be slightly tuned on the warm side. I'm not sure if that works best with a headphone like the Elear judging by it's frequency response. Maybe the Utopia is better suited for the Chord Mojo?

Go ahead buy Utopia and be happy. It's only 4k,just a number. Work hard for the number. Pay hard by the number.
Just kidding. It's up to you to decide what is happy for you.

 

[ss5972]

Go ahead buy Utopia and be happy. It's only 4k,just a number. Work hard for the number. Pay hard by the number.
Just kidding. It's up to you to decide what is happy for you.

 
Once you start justifying expensive purchase like that, you end up spending waaaaayyyyyy more than you should. But hey, it seems like we're all here to do that arent we?!

 

[musicman59]

  So since it looks like you have a Stax SR009, would you say the Utopia is in this sonic family, very resolving but sometimes unforgiving, say in the upper mids/vocals/highs?
Side notes:
I think you used to have the Rudistor RP010B that I have, so maybe this is a match for it...
I am also thinking of my former Sony R10s (bass-light), which also revealed a lot of sonic information, but also revealed digital or any upstream glare to a fault, and sounded best with my Rudistor amp.
Thank you .

IMO the Utopia are close to the SR009 in definition and detail (not 100% there but very close) but with much better bass (unless you are using the SR009 with the MSBSelect DAC/Amp combo or Jude's Cotter tube amp 

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if your Rudi has silver ViaBlue fosters instead of the stock rubber ones then yes, I was the original owner of that one. The Rudi is on the warmer side of SS so I do believe it will be a good match for the Utopia and if you drive them balanced with a good OCC Copper cable IMO will be killer.

 

[moedawg140]

Coming soon, my friends:

 

[dubharmonic]

It's still a small number and less in actual units sold just more in dollars since records are now a hipster price of $40 while in the 80-90's they were $10.

The point being that listeners haven't all moved on to digital.
 
$40 for an LP? Where are you shopping?

 

[Odin412]

I had a chance to listen to the Elear and Utopia yesterday as part of the Cavalli Audio presents The Source AV’s Summer Series 2016 event and here are my impressions (they're in the Summer Series thread as well - apologies for not knowing how to cross-link to another forum):

1. Focal Elear via Cavalli Liquid Gold and A&K 500N player. First, the build quality on these is really good! They feel nicely and solidly built. Second, the sound is very dynamic and musical and not bright at all. I've heard these described as an "HD 650+" and there's something to that. They have some of the same musicality that I love about the HD 650. Am I ready to replace my beloved HD 650? Not yet, I need to listen quite a bit more, but if you're in the market for headphones around the $1K mark you need to listen to the Elear before deciding what to purchase.
2. Focal Utopia via Cavalli Liquid Gold and A&K. Impressive build quality. We're talking carbon fiber, aluminum and nice leather. These look and feel like a luxury item. The sound is spectacular: Dynamic, transparent, and detailed while still being very musical. I'm impressed. I've heard most of the top headphones but I haven't spent significant time with each so I can't say that the Utopia is better than the competition. However, if you have $4K to spare and are looking for reference-level headphones you need to listen to these.

 

[pkcpga]

The point being that listeners haven't all moved on to digital.

$40 for an LP? Where are you shopping?

Personal preference, after hearing the same song in DSD or dxd how do you not notice all the details, separation and missing bass when you listen to it on a record? My father still uses a record player for his set up and loves it, I just feel too much is missing and records don't mesh well with a lot of high end speakers unless you place with a tube amp. Then finding a tube amp with enough power to power hi end speakers is another challenge. Not sure what would power my nautilus well in tube since they already are using two amps per a speaker in solid state, biamped is highly recommended by b and w or at least using one two channel high power amp per speaker. Only thing I can get with records is they sound better than a cheap DAC system.

Only record I purchased any time recently was a miles Davis record for my father at a local hifi shop and it was $40.

 

[Sophonax]

   
 
The Chord Mojo seems to be slightly tuned on the warm side. I'm not sure if that works best with a headphone like the Elear judging by it's frequency response. Maybe the Utopia is better suited for the Chord Mojo?

 
That's definitely possible -- to be clear, I haven't heard the Elear, Utopia, or the Mojo, I was just running the numbers. They don't prove much, just that the Mojo should have enough power to drive both of those headphones to very loud volumes. I'll leave subjective impressions of the pairing to those who have first-hand listening experience.

 

[meomap]

That's definitely possible -- to be clear, I haven't heard the Elear, Utopia, or the Mojo, I was just running the numbers. They don't prove much, just that the Mojo should have enough power to drive both of those headphones to very loud volumes. I'll leave subjective impressions of the pairing to those who have first-hand listening experience.

If Mojo is powerful enough similar to WA8 or CDM then you have a chance to be mobile. I doubt it. Maybe Hugo is better.

 

[jarnopp]

If Mojo is powerful enough similar to WA8 or CDM then you have a chance to be mobile. I doubt it. Maybe Hugo is better.

Mojo and Hugo have the exact same power output. So, it'd be both or neither.

 

[Mediahound]

If Mojo is powerful enough similar to WA8 or CDM then you have a chance to be mobile. I doubt it. Maybe Hugo is better.

Mojo outputs more power than WA8.
 
Mojo max 720mW, WA8 max 350mW. 

 

[meomap]

Mojo and Hugo have the exact same power output. So, it'd be both or neither.

At SF meet, I heard both CDM and WA8. Both are very good. Did see anyone brought the Chord to test. I know my mobile setup will be, CDM.

 

[PeteSTRADAMUS]

Coming soon, my friends:

That pic is looking good

 

[meomap]

Is Flow next to Elear?

 

[Mediahound]

Is Flow next to Elear?

I think that's the Dharma D1000.