Focal

The Focal Elear headphones sport an open-back design for spacious, accurate sound. What happens when a leading speaker company dedicates time, resources, and effort toward an epic personal listening experience? We get the Focal Elear headphones. These high-performance over-ears were developed and built alongside Focal's top-of-the-line Utopia headphones in the company's Saint-Etienne, France headquarters. Many acoustic and engineering breakthroughs were shared along the way. The Elear's soundstage has been crafted to emulate the sound of the company's high-end speakers. And the engineers actually designed the drivers as if they were “extremely near-field monitors.” You'll appreciate that when you lean back in your chair, nestle your ears in the oversized, comfortable earcups, and let your music take over. Focal used the same patent-pending “M”-shaped design for the diaphragm domes that they used in the Utopia headphone drivers. For these Elear headphones, they formed the lightweight domes from a blend of a...