In 2019 when Sennheiser shifted the final assembly of units and the enclosure molding to Romania from Ireland, there was speculation on SBAF that...
That’s essentially my point. The earlier versions seem to have a higher resale because they were manufactured in Ireland, include additional...
It seems the resale is higher on early versions of the HD600 and HD650. This may be because of the included storage case which is no longer...
I have owned+sold the HD600 and HD650 many times since they were released. I'm considering purchasing another set for a loved one and I'm debating...
The ability to successfully use custom sleeves on most universal in ear monitors is entirely dependent on your ear and canal sizes. For example,...
I’ll put it this way, considering the cards you were dealt you played them pretty well to get yours working. Good to see another SBAF member...
Chord outsourced the development of the Poly, 2go, and 2yu to Disign Consultants and you’ll notice “disignconsultants.com” is printed on the PCB...
I enjoyed the HD 800 series since 1999 and I received one of the first production HD 800 S units in 2015. Since then I have come back to the HD...
The Utopia is often described as having a “metallic sheen” or as Tyll Hertsens wrote, “a razor sharp bite at 6kHz.” I have observed that subtle...
For what its worth, I revisited the Utopia in 2020 and now consider it to be the very best headphone available today. In my opinion it provides an...
I really appreciate these two posts. I have been considering purchasing the Utopia and debated if the HD 800 S’ wide soundstage makes it the...
Is the Focal Utopia worth another look? Sometime after the Utopia after was released, I lost interest because of its cost, reliability woes,...
I am in the process of purchasing a new CIEM or UIEM. Can everyone weigh in with their vote for the best IEM available at any price? I'm strongly...
Burbank ATC gave the clearance after circling/holding for 12 minutes. You are correct the pilot is also responsible for determining if its safe to...
The pilot was following Visual Flight Rules (VFR) which requires flying at lower altitudes to see the ground. The more important question is; why...
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