The Focal Utopia Open-Back headphone has recently been updated to the new Focal Utopia 2020! The stimulating display in Utopia 2020's new packaging to the physical look and design has set great expectations for Focal's famous open-back. Now, their top-of-the-line open-back headphone comes in an upgraded bundled package, so you get updated accessories with the same Audiophile-grade performance! For more details on what comes with the new Focal Utopia 2020 Open-Back headphone, read the full written review here: https://audioadvice.io/UtopiaReview | Chat with us online: https://www.audioadvice.com/ | Call for sales and support: 888.899.8776 | In today’s review, we put Focal’s flagship over-the-ear headphone, the Utopia, to the test. Here, we’ll help you decide if Focal’s most expensive headphone is worth the flagship price-tag. By the end of this review, you’ll know if the new Utopia 2020 Open-Back Headphone is the right fit for your setup. Focal is the king of Beryllium (period). When it comes to designing dynamic transducers for its top-tier luxury loudspeakers, Focal has mastered the manufacturing process of the arduous metal. The process required 2 years of research and development for Focal to build a machine capable of transforming a flat sheet made of pure Beryllium into a dome-shape. But Focal one-upped itself by designing a completely new driver profile for the Utopia: the ‘M’-shaped driver. The geometry of the new driver profile provides a larger emissive area for energy generated by the Utopia’s driver to discharge. What does this mean for you? A louder speaker with a higher break-up point compared to headphones with a regular dome-shape. Beryllium is special because of its unique strength to density ratio. The material is incredibly difficult to work with, and yet Focal’s engineering team selects the stubborn metal because of the tonal characteristics it imparts to sound, and its ability to reproduce transients accurately. For those who have ever had the pleasure of sitting in front of a pair of floor-standing counterparts by Focal, the tonal clarity and musical detail (especially in the bottom-end weight) is remarkably resolute, detailed, and musical. But, for anyone who might not have access to high-end luxury loudspeakers, here’s a chance to taste it. Now that Beryllium is accessible from the brand that mastered the technology to manufacture it, headphone users can now bring that 40 years of research and development with them on-the-go to the office or other private settings. Connected to a proper headphone amp, the Utopia’s frequency response (5Hz - 50kHz) allows the headphone to reproduce audio signals as low as 5Hz with the bottom-end weight that the human body can actually feel. With a top-end extension of 50kHz, the Utopia possesses the frequency range to theoretically sing all the way into the stratosphere well beyond the range of human hearing. For the Utopia, the relationship between higher impedance and lower sensitivity levels compound, creating more headroom for the music to breathe with increased clarity, detail, and phenomenal dynamics, overall. At 80 Ohms, the impedance sets the threshold high enough for transients to sing with the best dynamic range at louder volumes. This makes the music sound more “alive” similar to the soundstage from a pair of loudspeakers. On paper, the Utopia has the right ingredients of specifications and features to provide an incredible sense of presentation that sings. At Audio Advice, we love bringing home technology to life and we have been doing so for over 40 years. We were named Best Specialty A/V Retailer in the United States by TWICE Magazine and have won the Bravo award from Metro magazine for “Best Place to Buy a Home Media System” each year since its creation. Read more product reviews & shop on our website: https://audioadvice.io/aa-blog Follow us on Instagram: https://audioadvice.io/aa-insta Raleigh, North Carolina Location: https://audioadvice.io/aa-raleigh Charlotte, North Carolina Location: https://audioadvice.io/aa-clt