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I lifted the magnetic latch of Focal Elear’s cardboard storage box, its soft lining reminiscent of acoustic foam, as though pushing open a heavy mahogany door. Within, I found the open back headphones reclining on a chaise lounge by an open fire, shirt open. “I’ve been waiting for you,” Elear...Read more

Focal has just drastically upped its headphone game with two very high-end models. Utopia and Elear are made in France and about to hit the market. We got the exclusive on the Elear review sample.Read more

My passion for listening to music through headphones is fueled by the enhanced sense of intimacy and extra feeling of connectedness I experience in rediscovering recordings I already love. You know the old audiophile cliché: It's like hearing my record collection for the first time. High-quality headphones provide a sharper-than-box-speaker lens that lets me experience lyrics, melodies, and instrumental textures more close-up and magnified.Read more

Digging deeper into the HE-6After Will and Lauren finished their listening, I settled in for some longer-term, in-depth listening — which ended up lasting for a couple of months as various hot new products pushed the HE-6/EF-6 combo further back in my review queue. No matter what I was listening to, though, it was always good to get back to the HiFiMan rig.Read more