[mainguy]

I did not consider buying Utopia with 5000€ price but this week I got a deal that I could not resist anymore. 2022 model that has been sitting in glass cabinet. No wear marks, full warranty etc. 2490€

I will get them on friday

What the hell

 

[Daniel Johnston]

What the hell

Dealer markup on Focal headphones up to 50%. These are likely open box and the dealer can still make profit. This is why it’s important to support your local hifi shops.

 

[Lay.]

It was actually one store from a chain that ended business and all the remaining stock was on heavy discount. So maybe not so profitable...

 

[Spawn300Z]

It was actually one store from a chain that ended business and all the remaining stock was on heavy discount. So maybe not so profitable...

What store was that?

 

[Lay.]

pm sent

 

[Focux]

Utopia will perform "fine" out of virtually any source with a reasonable amount of power - it is not hard to drive. But Utopia scales incredibly well, and incredibly obviously, with higher quality and/or more powerful amps. Sort of like how you can eat a microwaved chicken finger and it's "fine", but a chicken finger that is properly deep fried and dipped in honey mustard sauce is on the "next level". That's sort of how Utopia works.

Am at 100-105 volume on WM1ZM2, SE but recon it would sound much better with more power even though the 4.4

 

[BowWazoo]

In case there are Utopia 2022 owners active here, who want to try a Harman based profile.
My preset. Based on Oratorys.

Adjust band:

2 for bass
3 for punch
5 for mids / shoutiness
6 for treble
11 for sibilance / detail

Here a small explanation, which change
i made to Hamann:

Band 2 - Bass shelf -2.5dB
(reduction bass total)

Band 3 - Bass peak + 1.5dB at 150Hz
(Increase in PHYSICALLY perceptible slam.
Instructed by Dan Clark. Video from 15:00 min.)

Band 4 - 210Hz peak +0.5dB
(Add some warmth)

Band 5 - 1270hz Peak -2dB
(Reduction of shoutiness. Makes the overall sound warmer and more pleasant).

Band 6 - high shelf 1800Hz -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of the overall high)

Band 11 - 9500hz peak -1db
(Subtle reduction of silbilance)

Band 12 - 13000Hz high shelf -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of airness)

Added hpf @ 19hz, Q 0.71, to protect driver from very low frequencys (and minimize mechanical clipping).
This also makes the whole sound more precise.

 

[Roasty]

In case there are Utopia 2022 owners active here, who want to try a Harman based profile.
My preset. Based on Oratorys.



Adjust band:

2 for bass
3 for punch
5 for mids / shoutiness
6 for treble
11 for sibilance / detail

Here a small explanation, which change
i made to Hamann:

Band 1 - Bass shelf -2.5dB
(reduction bass total)

Band 2 - Bass peak + 1.5dB at 150Hz
(Increase in PHYSICALLY perceptible slam.
Instructed by Dan Clark. Video from 15:00 min.)

Band 3 - 210Hz peak +0.5dB
(Add some warmth)

Band 4 - 1270hz Peak -2dB
(Reduction of shoutiness. Makes the overall sound warmer and more pleasant).

Band 5 - high shelf 1800Hz -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of the overall high)

Band 10 - 9500hz peak -1db
(Subtle reduction of silbilance)

Band 11 - 13000Hz high shelf -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of airness)

Can confirm.. this is great work/eq!

 

[LoryWiv]

Jus received my Utopia 2022 today, already sound great OOTB, speed and resolution are spectacular. Perhaps a bit more / looser bass than I expected and less treble air, but I know some burn-in (driver +/- brain) needed. What have others found is the needed burn in time for these to hit their true stride, and what changes might I expect? Thanks!

 

[BowWazoo]

My day, started with the following track.



So incredibly good on the Utopia 2022...

(I am so grateful, to have the opportunity,
to experience music on these headphones
)

 

[hakunamakaka]

Anyone torn between WM1ZM2 and Uniti Atom HE?

I was unimpressed by Atom HE with Utopia. It is warmer sounding source and my modest Qutest -> Luxman P1u bested it. If you don't mind two boxes instead of one you can get better bang for $ than what Atom offers. For all in one solutions your options shrink, but I was still not sold on Atom. Utopia is not hard to drive and if you don't have a DAP I would go that route for better portability. Atom did not feel as obvious upgrade to my old Shanling M6 Pro DAP as my desktop setup

 

[shaylin3]

In case there are Utopia 2022 owners active here, who want to try a Harman based profile.
My preset. Based on Oratorys.



Adjust band:

2 for bass
3 for punch
5 for mids / shoutiness
6 for treble
11 for sibilance / detail

Here a small explanation, which change
i made to Hamann:

Band 1 - Bass shelf -2.5dB
(reduction bass total)

Band 2 - Bass peak + 1.5dB at 150Hz
(Increase in PHYSICALLY perceptible slam.
Instructed by Dan Clark. Video from 15:00 min.)

Band 3 - 210Hz peak +0.5dB
(Add some warmth)

Band 4 - 1270hz Peak -2dB
(Reduction of shoutiness. Makes the overall sound warmer and more pleasant).

Band 5 - high shelf 1800Hz -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of the overall high)

Band 11 - 9500hz peak -1db
(Subtle reduction of silbilance)

Band 12 - 13000Hz high shelf -0.5dB
(Subtle reduction of airness)

Is this set with ROON?
How much should headroom adjustment(db) be set? -3db?

 

[BowWazoo]

You mean the preamp?
You have to orient yourself to the highest peak.
In this case at least -4dB

If you increase band 2 by for example +6dB,
the preamp must be set to -6dB

 

[shaylin3]

You mean the preamp?
You have to orient yourself to the highest peak.
In this case at least -4dB




If you increase band 2 by for example +6dB,
the preamp must be set to -6dB

I don’t know if you are referring to the same thing, but what I think is the setting of the picture below

 

[BowWazoo]

Yes, it is