paul2qute
Headphoneus Supremus
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Fingers crossed I'll get my heimdall 2 headphone cable this week, been waiting at least three weeks for it to arrive.Told the Mrs it was 50 quid, she was outraged
problem is the voltage - it is not 120 for use on our side of the pond
I bought my Utopia from Darin here on Head-Fi and just realized that the stock cables aren't XLR lol. Fortunately he put an XLR cable on the Utopia's and I hate to admit it but the XLR sounds better to my ears than the SE. Can't tell if it is placebo but I try to match the volume between XLR and SE -- but still prefer the XLR. Something about the XLR makes them sound more full.
Anyone else try SE vs XLR, am I just experiencing confirmation bias lol?
I bought my Utopia from Darin here on Head-Fi and just realized that the stock cables aren't XLR lol. Fortunately he put an XLR cable on the Utopia's and I hate to admit it but the XLR sounds better to my ears than the SE. Can't tell if it is placebo but I try to match the volume between XLR and SE -- but still prefer the XLR. Something about the XLR makes them sound more full.
Anyone else try SE vs XLR, am I just experiencing confirmation bias lol?
Are they identical cables, or is just the termination is different?
Even if they are identical, balanced vs single ended is very dependent on the amp. It's quite possible your amp isn't outputting the exact same signal SE vs Balanced. In fact, I'm not sure that's technically possible. You don't have anything in your profile, so not sure what amp you are using.
It's strange that the balanced output is better vs the SE on my HA-1 as the Utopia is easy to drive but it definitely sounds fuller with the XLR cable connection.
Are they identical cables, or is just the termination is different?
Even if they are identical, balanced vs single ended is very dependent on the amp. It's quite possible your amp isn't outputting the exact same signal SE vs Balanced. In fact, I'm not sure that's technically possible. You don't have anything in your profile, so not sure what amp you are using.
an amp can be balanced or single-ended.
you can derive bal output from an s-e amp, and you can derive an s-e output from a bal amp.
depending on your amp, it is definitely possible that your amp (not the cans) will sound better in one way rather than the other.
from the cans pov, if you feed them with a +5V / 0 or with a +2.5V / -2.5V is totally irrelevant. it's the amp that's modifying its sound, not the cans.
Trying to get hold of Paul from Hifi Lounge buzz, I'll speak to him this week.The trilogy 933 can easily drive the.. Is it the hifiman 6 headphone the one hard to drive,in a review it says it can drive anything with ease.Danny think I have my 933 on half volume and the utopias are really working at that volume levelLooking at the manual for the 931 and 933 they do offer a 120v option.
I am sure Paul will agree with me-they're exceptional sounding things and work brilliantly with the Utopia (in fact most Amy headphones).
There is a guy on Ebay selling Utopias and Elears.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Focal-Utopia-Headphones/182489340673?_trksid=p2046732.c100040.m2060&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107095009%26meid%3Dfa240260a7a9451e8fb17243fa3b3e7b%26pid%3D100040%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262894546084
I asked him if he is a dealer as otherwise why would a private seller have multiple units of the same headphone to sell?
He says he is not a dealer and he just bought a bunch of them. I smell BS.
Is this allowed by Focal? I find it dishonest that the MSRP is set very high and people play all kinds of games and get them for much less while normal customers pay the MSRP like idiots.
Probably knock off or fakes, where he based toxteth in Liverpool?He's not going by the name Purple Aki ?There is a guy on Ebay selling Utopias and Elears.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Focal-Utopia-Headphones/182489340673?_trksid=p2046732.c100040.m2060&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107095009%26meid%3Dfa240260a7a9451e8fb17243fa3b3e7b%26pid%3D100040%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262894546084
I asked him if he is a dealer as otherwise why would a private seller have multiple units of the same headphone to sell?
He says he is not a dealer and he just bought a bunch of them. I smell BS.
Is this allowed by Focal? I find it dishonest that the MSRP is set very high and people play all kinds of games and get them for much less while normal customers pay the MSRP like idiots.