FOCAL UTOPIA OPEN-BACK HEADPHONE $5,000 REVIEW

Focal continues the use of pure Beryllium for the drive unit of the new Utopias. In this newest implementation, the driver is a 40mm “M” profile shaped dome. Similar in concept to the inverted dome tweeters found on many of Focal’s loudspeakers, this M-shaped driver allows for the use of a robust surround for better cone travel and a lower level of distortion coming from the center of the dome itself. Focal states that the driver is operated at full range with no other passive or active augmentation or correction.