I heard the $4000 Focal Utopia Headphones yesterday


Very nice. Very expensive. Beryllium drivers.  Reviews a bit hyped I think. Who would pay that premium otherwise? Not sure I could live just with any headphones still.

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Parts Connexion is having a significant sale on Stax headphones.

Pure Be is diff. than alloys. Pure Be is brittle as hell. Break it and the dust is toxic if inhaled.
I’m not a big headphone guy at all.  The hifi man, and audeze headphones have always sounded nice to me, but the Focal Elear and Utopia are just magical.  I’m so tempted to buy a pair of the Utopia’s...  never thought I’d say that, as even a $300 pair always seemed like a waste to me.