Trance_Gott
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Your HE-1000 v2 will have a hard time believe me.
Focal Utopia 2022 Review, Measurements
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BowWazoo
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My V2 ist in Ireland.
My Stealth is in Dortmund
My Clear Mg is in Croatia
My Stealth is in Dortmund
My Clear Mg is in Croatia
BowWazoo
Member of the Trade: Cable Builder
I love the V2, as well as the Stealth.
But nothing, really nothing, that I have ever heard (no high-end planar, or e-stat) sounds as authentic as a magnesium, or beryllium driver from Focal.
When I walk into our piano room,
and hit the keys, it's those drivers that come to mind first!
But nothing, really nothing, that I have ever heard (no high-end planar, or e-stat) sounds as authentic as a magnesium, or beryllium driver from Focal.
When I walk into our piano room,
and hit the keys, it's those drivers that come to mind first!
dfiled
500+ Head-Fier
And when you’re talking, do you end every sentence with NOMAX?do you actually have a personal photographer,who travels with you?
BowWazoo
Member of the Trade: Cable Builder
The eagle has landed! 
I am curious...
I am curious...
BowWazoo
Member of the Trade: Cable Builder
Since i can switch back and forth, between transistor and tube, in the preamp on the LYR+, i can say unequivocally, that the Utopia, just like the Clear mg, benefits enormously from some tube in the system.
So much so that I actually consider it a duty!
So much so that I actually consider it a duty!
dfiled
500+ Head-Fier
Would you mind elaborating on the nature of the benefit from tubes?
TheMiddleSky
Headphoneus Supremus
I love the V2, as well as the Stealth.
But nothing, really nothing, that I have ever heard (no high-end planar, or e-stat) sounds as authentic as a magnesium, or beryllium driver from Focal.
When I walk into our piano room,
and hit the keys, it's those drivers that come to mind first!
Nice to see your headphone hunting session still quite active till now man. Personally I would choose Utopia 2022 than any Planar Hifiman except Susvara and R10p.
BowWazoo
Member of the Trade: Cable Builder
I will try to describe it as compactly as possible:
The entire sound is richer.
With the Mg, like the Utopia, the harmonic distortions, unfold what one expects from them, or rather what is said about them.
BowWazoo
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BowWazoo
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After the first hours with the Utopia 2022, first statement from my side.
So i want to mention, that i had the Utopia OG several times. About a year ago, last time.
So i can only make a comparison from memory. I found the Utopia OG sensational. Utopia stands for itself.
However, i didn't particularly like the bass, especially at high volumes.
I found it to be (it's hard for me to find the right words), a bit compressed, "unfree",
and with too little presence in the
sub-bass. My hope was, that there would be an improvement in this regard, especially with the new horneycomb grill.
And yes, the bass is better. Significantly better. With the new Utopia, i find the bass to be, yes, almost perfect.
The Utopias 2022 bass has everything. Punch, Slam, Texture, Resolution.
As already mentioned, this statement is made without having made a direct a/b comparison. From experience, however,
i can say that certain impressions,
that you have are burned into your memory. And so with the bass of the Utopia OG.
A year ago, I switched from the Clear Mg,
to the Utopia OG (both identical FR), and during the first session with the Utopia,
i thought: oookkk, the bass seems thinner and more powerless, than that of the MG...
I'm imagining it thought me.
That can not be. Then i passed the Utopia on to my buddy, and to my astonishment, he said after just two minutes: wow, the bass seems somehow thinner than the MGs. So he had exactly the same impression that I had.
It is probably the case that the Utopia OG is simply more precise. Nevertheless, in terms of bass, especially in direct comparison with the MG, the Utopia OG seemed unsatisfactory. Whatever.
I had the impression right from the start, that the honeycomb-grill, had a very positive influence, on the overall sound.
This has also been confirmed, with the new Utopia.
So i want to mention, that i had the Utopia OG several times. About a year ago, last time.
So i can only make a comparison from memory. I found the Utopia OG sensational. Utopia stands for itself.
However, i didn't particularly like the bass, especially at high volumes.
I found it to be (it's hard for me to find the right words), a bit compressed, "unfree",
and with too little presence in the
sub-bass. My hope was, that there would be an improvement in this regard, especially with the new horneycomb grill.
And yes, the bass is better. Significantly better. With the new Utopia, i find the bass to be, yes, almost perfect.
The Utopias 2022 bass has everything. Punch, Slam, Texture, Resolution.
As already mentioned, this statement is made without having made a direct a/b comparison. From experience, however,
i can say that certain impressions,
that you have are burned into your memory. And so with the bass of the Utopia OG.
A year ago, I switched from the Clear Mg,
to the Utopia OG (both identical FR), and during the first session with the Utopia,
i thought: oookkk, the bass seems thinner and more powerless, than that of the MG...
I'm imagining it thought me.
That can not be. Then i passed the Utopia on to my buddy, and to my astonishment, he said after just two minutes: wow, the bass seems somehow thinner than the MGs. So he had exactly the same impression that I had.
It is probably the case that the Utopia OG is simply more precise. Nevertheless, in terms of bass, especially in direct comparison with the MG, the Utopia OG seemed unsatisfactory. Whatever.
I had the impression right from the start, that the honeycomb-grill, had a very positive influence, on the overall sound.
This has also been confirmed, with the new Utopia.
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BowWazoo
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My preset. Based on Oratorys.
Adjust band:
2 for bass
3 for punch
5 for mids / shoutiness
6 for treble
11 for sibilance / detail
Adjust band:
2 for bass
3 for punch
5 for mids / shoutiness
6 for treble
11 for sibilance / detail
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HOT6BOY
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My Clear Mg is in Croatia
Too bad, no comparison with Utopia 2022
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