Celestee

Agreed, focal have over-engineered cheap plastic parts where most of the stress is in the headband and often breaks. https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/vy4p3t/yet_another_broken_focal_elegia_headband_diy/ not my post but also happened to my focal celestee, support wouldn't take it under warranty

The closest competitors are from Focal: Azurys (a bit more expensive even when the HD620S is at full price) and Celestee (quite more expensive). The lower mid priced closed back headphone market does not have many alternatives. We could add the cheaper and worst sounding HD569 or HD598C (closed vers

When I bought the HD620S last year, there were so little alternatives that I considered the Focal Azurys (it was just released at the time), The Focal Celestee (quite expensive but still in the competition) and the Focal Elegia (cheaper alternative to Celestee which remplaced it but was still availa

I have the Bathys and just got the original PX8. I wanted something more inconspicuous for my train ride into St Louis. I’ve compared them both and decided I like the sound of the B&W more. I think part of it is that I just don’t care for the Focal sound in general. I had previously tried the Clears

Probably 16-18k. And nowhere near finished. Got everything used so far. Would be very happy for the rest of life with what I have now, but really want to get a better streamer than my Lumin D2 and have that endgamed. An Eversolo T8 and maybe later the Hifi Rose RS130. And eventually better speakers

no problem enjoy, i am about to upgrade from my blackshark to focal celestee today (perhaps) the shop offered me a 3 day trial to use it and see if i enjoy the sound. they offer that where i live which is cool and these things are pretty expensive. i hope they will last a long time if i decide to bu

As an owner of the Fiio FT1, Hifiman Arya Organic, and Focal Celestee, I can tell you from experience: Humidity is the enemy. I live in an environment with 80% humidity as well. I store all my gear (including 6+ high-end headphones and studio mics) in a 72L electronic dry cabinet. For the FT1, the s