Oh dang. My current daily setup is an Elear powered by a Valhalla2. I also mix audio with them sometimes, so I need them to be reference leveled so I’m not fighting my monitors, and so use that one software, SoundID Listen or whatever to get them “professionally” to flat, and then use EqualizerAPO for minor taste and hearing-loss tweaks (I got COVID in Jan 2020 and after recovering, my left ear, and kind of my right, have permanent 2-4db loss UNDER about 3khz. I had to go to an audiologist. I am very sad).
I’ve never switched out any parts at all, and have also always wondered how much better the successor Focal headphones in the Elear family are. I’ve heard the Utopia a few times, but it just sounded so damped in the highs.
I know the tech is constantly getting better, but, after Tyll retired (InnerFedelity), I feel like headphone culture kind of cooled off since there was no anchor point. He wasn’t perfect, but he made those reference charts and measurements that were super helpful.
Oh dang. My current daily setup is an Elear powered by a Valhalla2. I also mix audio with them sometimes, so I need them to be reference leveled so I’m not fighting my monitors, and so use that one software, SoundID Listen or whatever to get them “professionally” to flat, and then use EqualizerAPO for minor taste and hearing-loss tweaks (I got COVID in Jan 2020 and after recovering, my left ear, and kind of my right, have permanent 2-4db loss UNDER about 3khz. I had to go to an audiologist. I am very sad).
I’ve never switched out any parts at all, and have also always wondered how much better the successor Focal headphones in the Elear family are. I’ve heard the Utopia a few times, but it just sounded so damped in the highs.
I know the tech is constantly getting better, but, after Tyll retired (InnerFedelity), I feel like headphone culture kind of cooled off since there was no anchor point. He wasn’t perfect, but he made those reference charts and measurements that were super helpful.