Focal Arche

The all-metal Focal Arche includes an aluminum headphone stand to display your headphones proudly (Focal Utopia headphones not included). When Nicolas Debard, the head of Focal's audiophile headphone division, visited Crutchfield with the premium closed-back Stellia headphones , he also brought this treat from France. The Focal Arche headphone amp/DAC was designed to push Focal's super high-end headphones to their full sonic potential. Of course, with built-in Class A amplifiers and high-grade DAC chips under the hood, this heavy-duty desktop amp can help improve the performance of almost any set of 'phones. But when you turn the metal dial and scroll through the menu settings, you'll find some special presets. Focal has included a customized sound setting for each of their top-shelf headphones, including the Stellia, Utopia , Clear , and Elegia . And Nicolas told us that they would create new presets for any future headphone releases, and make them available via a firmware update. In the photo carousel at...