[eugn]

I hope the original Utopia is still relevant

 

[meomap]

I hope the original Utopia is still relevant

Still is and still Superb....
Don't listen to other people saying it's not....

After listening to HE1000SE, LCD-5, Stellia, Emp2 I am still going back to OG Utopia for the Intimate sound.....

 

[Tanalasta]

I hope the original Utopia is still relevant

Yes. Definitely. I still own both. The tuning is different enough. My original utopia being more worn in I find more comfortable. I do prefer 2022 though.

Cable apologetics. It’s like religion. Perception is individual. And quite simply some people have more discernment. Stuff the science. It’s about the experience. And if a gorgeous cable leads to someone enjoying their headphone so much they wish to wax lyrical about it, it’s rather impolite to argue without having actually listened to it.

Re: copper v silver etc. some of that is community perception. It goes way deeper then copper is warm v silver is bright.

 

[AussieMick]

I hope the original Utopia is still relevant

Yes! It’s revealing and flexible and resolving and dynamic and very, very expressive because if it.

 

[up late]

I hope the original Utopia is still relevant

it is as relevant today as the grado hp1 and sennheiser hd800 are imo

 

[Slim1970]

it is as relevant today as the grado hp1 and sennheiser hd800 are imo

Agreed, the OG Utopia's are still my No.1 dynamic headphone. They do so many things right in my opinion.

 

[chesebert]

I don’t think there is a true #1 among Utopia, Utopia 2022, 800 and HP1000. 800 is just barely in the club IMO.

For relaxing and unwinding: HP1000 > Utopia 2022 > Utopia > 800

For active listening, analyzing and to impress friends: Utopia > Utopia 2022 > 800 > HP1000

 

[F208Frank]

Just want to give a shout out to Dana Cables. I love how they offer the more portable 4.4M cable lazuli lite as it works wonders with my sony dap. I gave up desktop listening so I use both headphones and IEMs for portable/semi portable use.

Dana is a great company and my experiences with them have been A+... I needed to shorten my cable that I got from them and they only charged me $50 including shipping back to me.

The Lazuli Lite is flexible and light enough to use comfortably during travels.

 

[Spawn300Z]

Just want to give a shout out to Dana Cables. I love how they offer the more portable 4.4M cable lazuli lite as it works wonders with my sony dap. I gave up desktop listening so I use both headphones and IEMs for portable/semi portable use.

Dana is a great company and my experiences with them have been A+... I needed to shorten my cable that I got from them and they only charged me $50 including shipping back to me.

The Lazuli Lite is flexible and light enough to use comfortably during travels.

They are great. I love there cables. They also will work with you for custom cables too.

 

[Contrails]

damn. I pulled out the trusty ol Auralic Taurus from storage and plugged the Utopias in. When I first got the Utopias, I didn't enjoy this combo. But since then I got a new DAC (Wavelight). Just wow. I am seriously thinking of selling the WA33. The biggest plus is it's absolutely silent. Then there's more resolution. Better HF extension, better Timbre, a tad more dynamic and transient speed. Not as smooth. The soundstage is maybe not as big.

I could keep both but the hum with the WA33 is becoming annoying (only with Utopias). Might as well put the $$ towards something else.

 

[jlbrach]

the hum is likely due to the utopia being very efficient..is there a lower gain function on the WA33?

 

[Contrails]

the hum is likely due to the utopia being very efficient..is there a lower gain function on the WA33?

I am using the lower again setting and I have lowered the DAC output. It is just the Utopias are way too sensitive. I plug my HE5 (LFF code X) and no issues. But, I love the Utopias, my only desert island headphone. I would rather go all in and build a system around them and call it a day than have multiple headphones.

 

[r343]

IFI iEMatch might stop the hum or reduce by large quantity.

 

[kkrazik2008]

I plug my HE5 (LFF code X) and no issues

The HifiMan is a lot less sensitive than the Utopia, however the noise could be from a number of issues: tubes, power cable, location of amp (can pick up emi/rfi interference easier due to exposure via tubes.

 

[Contrails]

IFI iEMatch might stop the hum or reduce by large quantity.

It could work but it's not gonna turn the WA33 into an absolute dynamo like the Auralic. I will do some more comparisons in the coming days.