Although the in-ear headphone Sphear launched by Focal of France in 2015 is comfortable to wear and affordable, it has only updated one headphone product throughout the year, whetting the appetite of audiophiles! In the past few days in mid-2016, Focal suddenly updated three new series of headphone products on its website and major foreign audio-related webpages, which instantly surprised many audiophiles.
On the headphone page of Focal’s official website, you can see that not only is it announced that the name of the new series of headphones may be called Listen Beyond, but CG images of all headphones in the series are placed below, except for those as early as a year ago. Apart from the previously launched Sphear, the remaining three models are believed to be the first time everyone has seen them. They are Utopia, Elear, and Listen.
Utopia, priced at $3,999, is obviously the flagship model of the series. First of all, among Focal's audio products, the Utopia series speakers are originally top-notch models. Focal's multiple patented technologies, including beryllium tweeters, sandwich mid-bass cones and crossover circuits, are all used in this series, proving that the title What kind of high-tech technology will the headphones of this name have?
The Elear, priced at $999, is another open-structure headphone in Focal’s new series. It has the same new 40-inch headphone unit as the flagship model. I believe it will be better in terms of listening experience. Good soundstage performance. In addition, Elear uses an aluminum alloy headphone frame and a replaceable cable design.
The last Listen should be positioned for portable travel use. It is lightweight, foldable, supports cable replacement, and has a wire control. Even if it uses a 40-inch unit, I believe it can be used even with a mobile phone. Can push well too. (After all, the three previously launched headphones all have good sound when driven with a mobile phone)
As for the Sphear in-ear headphones, I won’t go into details here. We at Jinyi have them on display at all major exhibitions. , direct-operated stores can also provide trial listening.
About the innovative technology of Utopia flagship model
About the innovative technology inside Utopia, it is mainly divided into three parts: diaphragm material, voice coil and flanging.
As for the innovative technology inside Utopia, it is mainly divided into three parts: diaphragm material, voice coil and flanging.
First of all, the diaphragm. There is no doubt that this headset still inherits the material beryllium metal of the tweeter unit of this series of speakers. After years of research and development, Focal has already mastered the technology of using beryllium metal as the diaphragm material. Looking forward to it What will be the effect of putting it into headphones after modification?
As for the voice coil, Focal’s designers seem to want to focus on light weight. After all, when combined with the open structure, a lot of shell materials have been saved. At the same time, after the author learned about the new Among the Sopar series of audio products, there is a technology to maintain the stability of the magnetic field during operation. I believe that the UK will also learn from this technology for the voice coils in headphones.
The last is the folding edge. Also pursuing lightweight is the folding edge that fixes the diaphragm. As a key component, it affects the work of the diaphragm, and this is related to whether the sound is balanced and accurate. Of course After years of experience, Focal's designers compressed the thickness of the hem to 80 microns, which can be said to be the thinnest hem ever created.