I had the opportunity to try the Quad Era for a couple of hours at my friend's house, I was really impressed by the slam, by the softness and lushness of the mids, I have a focal utopia and I must say that beyond the detail of the presentation and separation of instruments I found the Era-1 to be complementary to a different but more exciting listening experience! I had the HE6 in the past and now I would be very curious about the comparison! The Era-1 guys! beat like hell! It's very engaging to listen to! It seems to hit more than HE6! Of Utopia for sure, and this is incredible considering that it is a magnetoplanar againt a dynamic! One thing I've noticed is that it's really difficult to make it sound good, you can make it sound loud with little but to make it shine you need a lot of power, the correct combination scales immensely!