Focal Utopia Open-back over-the-ear wired headphones

Features

Overview: The Focal Utopia reference over-ear headphones are the result of innovation, development, and manufacturing of high-end speakers and drivers. These audiophile headphones are designed and manufactured in France, and feature the only full-range, near-field loudspeakers built within a pair of headphones. The Utopia comes with two cables -- a 10-foot balanced cable (XLR-4 plug) and a 4-foot unbalanced cable (3.5mm plug). Also included is a 1/4" jack adapter and a rigid zippered storage case. The entire package is enclosed in a luxurious black faux leather box.

Design: The Utopia is handcrafted using premium materials with particulary attention to detail. This gives the headphones an elegant look, dynamic performance, and extreme comfort. Even though the headphones weigh a little over 1 pound, the weight is evenly distributed. The aesthetic constant bend of the headband and carbon fiber yoke contributes to the comfort for any type of head shape. The genuine lambskin leather on the ear cushions and headband is soft and supple.

Drivers: The Utopia features large 40mm full-range "M"-shaped dome drivers made of pure Beryllium. Beryllium is 3 times more rigid than Titanium, and 5 times that of Aluminum, while having only 40% of the density of Titanium, and 70% of the density of Aluminum. This combination of low mass, high rigidity, and high damping factor makes Beryllium an ideal material for a speaker driver.

Running-in Period: The headphones require a running-in (break-in) period in order to reach their full potential. The drivers will naturally break-in after several hours of listening over time. To speed up the process, Focal recommends playing very bass-heavy music through them for at least 24 hours at a relatively high volume. This stabilizes the speaker drivers, and assures you get the very best performance from your headphones.

Open Headphone Design: Focal decided that the best way to deliver all of the Utopia's performance was to utilize a fully open headphone design for total decompression of the loudspeakers. The open design provides the lowest possible acoustic impedance to reproducing accurate and detailed bass frequencies, and gives you an extremely natural listening experience.

Ear Cups: The circum-aural ear cups feature 20mm thick memory foam cushions, covered by a bi-material construction made with true lambskin leather and perforated microfiber fabric. This combo provides a balance between a lively room with lots of reverb and a "damp" room with no reflections. The result is a flat frequency response in the upper mid and high frequencies between 1 kHz and 10 kHz.

Cables: Utopia comes with a 4' unbalanced cable for use with your portable music sources or home stereo equipment. Also included is a 10' balanced cable offers better channel separation when used with high-end D/A converters and headphone amplifiers. Both cables feature braided jackets with 24 AWG conductors, OFC (oxygen-free copper) shielding, and an extremely low impedance (<90 mΩ). The 2-sided cables have shielded 9.5mm Lemo connectors on the headphone end with a self-locking bayonet system to plug into the ear cups. The 10' balanced cable is equipped with an XLR-4 plug, while the 4' unbalanced (single-ended) cable has a 3.5mm plug, plus a screw-on 1/4" plug adapter.

Specifications:

• Frequency Response: 5Hz - 50kHz
• Impedance: 80 ohms
• Sensitivity: 104dB SPL / 1 mW @ 1kHz
• THD: <0.2% / 1 kHz / 100dB SPL
• Ear Cup Dimensions:
  • Outside: Width 3.769", Height 4.189", Depth 2.156"
  • Inside: Width 2.028" Height 2.413" Depth 0.875"
• Weight: 19.4 ounces (with cable)