xjaynine
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Anyone compare this to the Campfire Cascade?
Congrats on your new (incoming) shiny!Worked great. Did that apply a coupon or something?
Dude! You saved me so much, thank you thank you thank you! Ordered and excited to try them myself.
This can be answered by saying that it all depends.BTW got no balanced gear yet, but definitely considering a schiit magnius since it is relatively cheap and should play nice with all this other gear I have from them. Not sure it matters with Elegia but thought I would ask around.
Headphones should be in my hands later today!
That I can agree on... but ...I have found the Elegia transparent enough to appreciate the differences in gear, with the Sennheiser HDVD800 I was surprised by the amount of layering and depth with the Elegia, maybe more so than with the Bryston BHA-1.I have not found the Elegia to scale too much with more power, so you can rule that part out.
Sounds about right and yes, no tricks, normally a balanced output will, but not always, supply twice the voltage and therefore will be louder at the same setting.Sounds more or less like the stock cable, no microphonics unless I'm actively moving, and even then it's minor. Balanced seems to give more volume overall than stock, but that could be my head playing tricks.
I used a Q-tip with some rubbing alcohol and mine was as good as newDoes anyone have advice on how to clean the Focal emblem?
That center silver medallion is surprisingly tough to clean because on one hand, the Focal “F” is an open port, meaning you can’t use water, but then on the other hand, the metal circle has this rough concentric material that makes it hard to rub with a tissue or even a microfiber cloth.
So when I accidentally touch the emblem and leave a fingerprint, it’s surprisingly difficult to clean.
Basically exact opposites of each other.Anyone compare this to the Campfire Cascade?
Ditto...not too sure what actually builds up there, obviously body oils, etc..but still. Had it on my 1st pair and thought it was odd seeing the nice silvery sheen go to an oily matt and then sure enough it showed up on my 2nd pair. Tried using a bit of tissue and or cloth and it acts like a file quickly wearing a hole. (as he looks down at the ruined tail end of his shirt. )I used a Q-tip with some rubbing alcohol and mine was as good as new
Congrats on your new shiny!I'm pretty late to the elegia party but these things sound amazing for a closed back. Snagged a excellent deal at adorama on an open box under 300. Been looking for a really solid closed can for some time and I think I found it in the elegia.
Your brain may need to be "burned-in" to the Elegia's sound. Try to listen to the Elegia continuously for a week before switching back to the Shure, then report back to the thread what your opinion is at that time. Cheers!Just ordered the Elegia brand new for $299 from Adorama via this Link
If you go straight to Adorama and search for the Elegia it’s $399, so save yourself $100 by using the link!
I also have a question. My only other headphone/Earphone is the Shure SE846 and I love them via the Thrish mod. Will I be disappointed with the Elegia since I love the sound signature of the SE-846?
same...got a open box from them with the upgraded Focal cable! While people act like these are actually $300 cans forget these bad boys were $900-1000+ a few years ago before the Radiance and Celestee arrived. These cans are damn good...and many people years ago wanted to EQ them to death, but im finding out that if you got a good system these cans are amazing.I'm pretty late to the elegia party but these things sound amazing for a closed back. Snagged a excellent deal at adorama on an open box under 300. Been looking for a really solid closed can for some time and I think I found it in the elegia.