Hi Everyone,

Well this one came out of the blue, last week Focal announced their new Highend closed back headphones, the Stellia, and today we had 2 pairs arrive, I had no idea they were this imminent but it is great news as from what I can tell this is a closed back version of the Utopia which I consider to be one of the best headphones currently available, so if Focal can get a similar performance from a closed back they are going to have a real winner on their hands.

At the moment I consider the Sennheiser HD820 to be the best closed back headphone on the planet but just maybe it’s reign at the top is about to come to an end, we’ll find out tomorrow once we get them un boxed and up and running.

http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/focal-headphones/focal-stelia-closed-back-headphones

Introducing the Focal Digital Headphone Amp - Arche!

Again, another surprise from Focal, they are about to release their own digital headphone amplifier called Arche, what is unique about this is that it will have presets built in to get the best from which ever Focal headphone you own from the Elegia to the Utopia which is a cool idea.

This isn’t due for another couple of months but needless to say we will have it on demo once available.

http://www.highendheadphones.co.uk/focal-headphones/focal-arche-headphone-amp-dac

Cheers,
Paul.