Adorama has
Focal Utopia 2022 Open Back Over Ear Wired Headphones (FUTOPIA2022) on sale for
$2,699 when you apply coupon code
JULY2123 during checkout.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Editor
iconian for sharing this deal.
- Note: Coupon code is applied at the 'Do you have a gift card or promo code?' link at the top of the payment box during final checkout. Temporarily On Backorder, estimated to ship 9/23.
About this Item:
- High-end, open-back, high-fidelity headphones; for home use
- Full-range speaker driver with fMf-shaped, pure Beryllium dome: pure, dynamic and perfectly balanced sound
- Made in France in the Focal workshops
- Design that adapts to all head morphologies: optimum comfort
- Premium materials and sophisticated finishes: genuine leather, forged, recycled carbon, aluminum, etc
- What's included:
- Focal Utopia 2022 Open Back Over Ear Wired Headphones (Black)
- 5' 3.5mm TRS to Two LEMO Unbalanced Cable
- 10' 4-Pin XLR to Two LEMO Balanced Cable
- 3.5mm Female to 1/4" Male Adapter
- Case (Black)
- Focal 5 Year Limited Warranty
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But is the Utopia worth twice the price? Probably not.
Each has their own special characteristics, Utopias excel at vocals. The HD800S has great wide soundstage presentation. The Susvaras are super well rounded.
From a price perspective I'd rather recommend the HD800S at its sale price of $1149. It's good enough at general content consumption at a decent price (relative). Utopia was my first summit-fi level headphones (the original design), detail retrieval is way better than the HD800S but has a super narrow soundstage. As a consequence, vocals appear much closer to you and thus highlights them better. Bass has the best punch and slam (the air that gets moved) which is not the same as sounding bass heavy, in fact the Utopias are a tad light on the bass.
Saving on tax is also a big deal when you also need to buy an AMP/DAC stack for your headphones.
Do people listen to these with a stand alone with battery powered portable audio player or do you need to be sitting down connected to the wall?
Do people use an iphone with an external headphone amplifier with a digital input?
I see it states for "home use" so these are not generally used in a recording studio.
I would love to own headphones of the "best" quality - I can't afford, but I would love to experience them to see if it was something that would be "worth the money" to me.
The Utopias are easy to drive but all headphones benefit from a properly paired AMP and DAC. They don't refuse to work if you plug them into an iPhone or PC headphone jack directly, they just wont reach their sound potential.
Headphones volume levels is not the same as being properly driven. Even music output from my PC via optical to my stack sounds less preferable than streaming directly to the stack via network from my music server.
Have I ever plugged in the Utopias directly into an iPhone?
Yes, using that stupid dongle too.
Did they sound like crap?
No…
Could they sound better on a stack?
Yes, by a lot.
Most people who own Summit-Fi headphones will have a dedicated area for music to use such headphones. The only portable options that somewhat mirror a proper stack also require a bit of investment Chord Mojo or Hugo with Wi-Fi.
If you want to try headphones, your best bet would be Can Jam events.
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We aren't talking real tangible differences between cars or even just the 'what you see is what you get' in jewelry (watches, whatever). We're talking about completely subjective sound stuff that depends entirely on your head/ear shape and your randomly generated ear organ-to-brain process that has a larger impact than the 0.001% improved sound profile or whatever shit that extra $2,000 gets you. Which might change after your brain adjusts in 2 weeks. Whatever. It's just completely insane to me.
PS this is an awesome deal. These sell used for this price.
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