[TSAVJason]

Ok thanks all. I think I will give my local dealers one more month so that can also demo them in the shop. But I somehow doubt they will have them in stock this year.

Else I might have to do something which I normally don't do which is ordering online without any auditioning

We at The Source AV believe blind buying is the least palatable of purchases. This is why we built such an enormous headphone bar. However we do know that some areas just don't have access, either by the lack of qualified stores or the lack of interest from your local stores. All Focal Utopia/Elear Stores were provide demo units for you to audition from, this includes your online sellers like Moon Audio, Headroom, TTVJ and the list goes on. These are not bad dealers, they are either online only or online mostly. If you have a dealer that is authorized to sell the Utopia & Elear but doesn't have them on display for you to audition than I would suggest you seek another dealer. These headphones are made in such small quantities that it is foolish for a dealer to sell off their demos. I also suggest that they are more about making the sale than making sure you as the consumer have the opportunity to audition these expensive products prior to making your purchase.

 

[Shini44]

   
Very good review 

 
I heard them last week and they are amazing, but $5000 in Canada 

Thanks, also i know that it's super expensive but i never regret buying it. in fact i am glad this option exist for me as the previous TOTL options wasn't for me xD
 
go for it Amigo 

 

 

 

[YtseJamer]

  Thanks, also i know that it's super expensive but i never regret buying it. in fact i am glad this option exist for me as the previous TOTL options wasn't for me xD
 
go for it Amigo 

 

 

 
I'm seriously thinking about selling all my headphones to buy the Utopia, but my GF will probably kill me if she discover one day that I have paid 5k for a pair of headphones. lol

 

[Whazzzup]

 

  Thanks, also i know that it's super expensive but i never regret buying it. in fact i am glad this option exist for me as the previous TOTL options wasn't for me xD
 
go for it Amigo 

 

 

 
I'm seriously thinking about selling all my headphones to buy the Utopia, but my GF will probably kill me if she discover one day that I have paid 5k for a pair of headphones. lol

Don't ask don't tell

 

[x RELIC x]

I'm seriously thinking about selling all my headphones to buy the Utopia, but my GF will probably kill me if she discover one day that I have paid 5k for a pair of headphones. lol

Don't forget to add taxes. $5700 CAD with tax in my neck of the woods. :veryevil:

 

[YtseJamer]

Don't forget to add taxes. $5700 CAD with tax in my neck of the woods.

 
Yes I know.
 
The Utopia are probably the best headphones that I have heard in my life but they are so overpriced here in Canada.

 

[bigfatpaulie]

   
Yes I know.
 
The Utopia are probably the best headphones that I have heard in my life but they are so overpriced here in Canada.

 
Are they?  $3999USD is $5364.16 in CAD today according to Google.  The retail price is $4999 CAD so they are actually cheaper in Canada than the USA right now.

 

[YtseJamer]

   
Are they?  $3999USD is $5364.16 in CAD today according to Google.  The retail price is $4999 CAD so they are actually cheaper in Canada than the USA right now.

 
Yes but when you add the taxes here the price is $5750 CAD ($4285 USD)
 
I would buy the Elear but the dip in the mids is a showstopper for me.

 

[bigfatpaulie]

Taxes are moot in my eyes.  No avoiding them.  No running.  NO E-S-C-A-P-E.  The US has sales tax too.
 
Or, call a dealer in Alberta.

 

[pervysage]

Are they?  $3999USD is $5364.16 in CAD today according to Google.  The retail price is $4999 CAD so they are actually cheaper in Canada than the USA right now.

Yeah that's true. It's actually the Elear that is overpriced in Canada

 

[bigfatpaulie]

I just checked - a 50% premium!  Wow.  Yikes.  No kidding.  I guess you just have to spring for the Utopia's

 

[Shini44]

   
I'm seriously thinking about selling all my headphones to buy the Utopia, but my GF will probably kill me if she discover one day that I have paid 5k for a pair of headphones. lol

i sold my TH900 + HE-6 + Toxic Cables for my friend so i get Utopia. he let me use the headphones till i finish LAu and Utopia's reviews. 
 
yet i had to pay a lot regardless to be able to get it O-o'' yeh its not this cheap, but i don't think anything will be able to replace it for at least 3-4 years maybe, if not more

 

[jibzilla]

  I just checked - a 50% premium!  Wow.  Yikes.  No kidding.  I guess you just have to spring for the Utopia's

 
Yikes. The elear is good but not quite the hd800 overall. It's a bit darker sounding so a nice compliment for the hd800.

 

[GryphonGuy]

   
Very good review 

 
I heard them last week and they are amazing, but $5000 in Canada 

 
At today's rate of $0.75 USD to the Canadian Dollar that $5000 Canada price is equivalent to $3750 USD so in effect they are slightly cheaper in Canada using the USD as a reference point. Enjoy the bargain!
 
GG

 

[EdmontonCanuck]

I picked mine up in Edmonton for $4199 CAD plus 5% GST. No other sales tax in Alberta

  $4408.95 CAD all in. I didn't even have to haggle...that was the price the audio store in Edmonton quoted me.