Ot: mm...re: L5000 , what headphone amp did you use? Did you try it with tube amp? Re: Noble Katana, have it also. Still can’t get over that it did not make the top 5 cut in the THL flagship in-ears shoot-out. Lol!
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Ot: mm...re: L5000 , what headphone amp did you use? Did you try it with tube amp? Re: Noble Katana, have it also. Still can’t get over that it did not make the top 5 cut in the THL flagship in-ears shoot-out. Lol!
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Mm...when words fail, do it in pictures. Where does it lie?
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Looks like im a type 1'er!
ChaChaRealSmooth
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That Stellia is competing for the ugliest headphone ever made. Hope it sounds way better than it looks (at least you won't have to look at it when it's on your head right?)
I see you already own a flagship closed headphone in Z1R.
give your wallet some rest
Oh, my wife finally signed up here too! LOL
The Stellia is beautiful - a design masterpiece. French artistry. Well done Focal. Don't worry about the detractors.
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Highly subjective. I find Audeze's LCD headphones the most ugly contraptions (I love my LCD X, but surely not for the looks). Especially the LCD 4 with wood, chrome and carbon (!), I find particularly distasteful. Generally all headphones that look like a DIY project. When I saw the first picture of the Abyss, I thought it was an April fools day joke....
But just because taste is highly subjective, I don't understand why Focal (or others for that matter) do not offer several color options. If the Stellia was offered in an Elex-type color combination, it would probably look better to me. If I could get my Clear in black, I would do so. And I mean BLACK, not black with Beats-inspired pimp red, like the Clear Pro (what the h were they thinking
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Ot: mm..next time, buy first. It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
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Google translate:
“The Focal Stellia is characterized by its dynamism and tonal balance. The reactivity of the Beryllium membrane is exemplary, which translates to listening with a very pleasant vivacity. The attacks of notes are frank, and the tempo is marked with a lot of energy. The highs are very clear, the medium register is a beautiful definition. The bass may seem to lack physical impact to lovers of physiological listening. But if he is not rowdy, he is however present and reveals himself deep, detailed and very nuanced. It requires solid amplification to deploy in all its energy, and the Cayin CS-55A is an excellent companion for the Focal Stellia.
Aeration and spatialization, without equaling those of an open helmet like the Focal Utopia, however, provide beautiful sensations with a stereo image of a very satisfactory amplitude. The music is not confined and unfolds nicely on both sides of the listener, the voices remaining centered. We may regret a slight lack of depth in the staging of the various sound plans, but nothing unacceptable.”
https://blog.son-video.com/2019/02/test-focal-stellia/#
“The Focal Stellia is characterized by its dynamism and tonal balance. The reactivity of the Beryllium membrane is exemplary, which translates to listening with a very pleasant vivacity. The attacks of notes are frank, and the tempo is marked with a lot of energy. The highs are very clear, the medium register is a beautiful definition. The bass may seem to lack physical impact to lovers of physiological listening. But if he is not rowdy, he is however present and reveals himself deep, detailed and very nuanced. It requires solid amplification to deploy in all its energy, and the Cayin CS-55A is an excellent companion for the Focal Stellia.
Aeration and spatialization, without equaling those of an open helmet like the Focal Utopia, however, provide beautiful sensations with a stereo image of a very satisfactory amplitude. The music is not confined and unfolds nicely on both sides of the listener, the voices remaining centered. We may regret a slight lack of depth in the staging of the various sound plans, but nothing unacceptable.”
https://blog.son-video.com/2019/02/test-focal-stellia/#
Wow, the Closed back Utopia is real !!
Not a soul has answered or knows if the leather choice on the Stellia is better than the Utopias lambskin leather.Wow, the Closed back Utopia is real !!
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In a universe where the Abyss exists, I don't think the Stellia is in the contest.
I am not gonna lie, I love the looks too, If I didn't have an issue with the highs these would be with me still.My LCD-4z look quite cool to me
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