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Oct 1, 2020
The HD800s is lean and clean, while Elex is warm and full sounding. Elex has much stronger and better bass. HD 800s is better at mid, imaging and sound stage. HD800s is also more detailed. Overall HD800s is better with EQ period, without EQ Elex wins by a tiny margin. Also sound wise Elex would be a speaker replacement, but if you already have a pair of good speaker, HD800s got more character and it's lean and clean sound seems just not found in any speaker, as all good speakers are full sounding.
Lastly, for gaming, HD800s is the best for competitive FPS period.
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totoloope
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Feb 23, 2022
ReaderTo much sound stage is a night mare for fps . The best are akg 701 and audio technica i forget the modèle sorry
tkyc
63
Aug 17, 2020
The 800 are a much more open, detail version of the Massdrop X Focal Elex headphones and Focal Clears. They are worth the price differential but I have kept my Elex headphones and ultimately sold the Sennheiser 880s. They cost a lot, too much as did the Clears. After 70 headphone purchases I am preferring more musical headphones like the Sony mdr-z7 and z7m2. Also love my Fostex Mahogany and E-mu Teaks. They are not as correct and a little colored but so great to listen to, lush. The Denon 9200's are similar and the best I have listened to. Been an audiophile for 35 years and this is where I am.
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esong2022
55
Mar 4, 2020
I’ve tried them both. These are much more dynamic & faster, but the HD800 takes the win for comfort and soundstage. The sound signature is completely different on these two headphones - the elex is an “upgrade” from the hd650, and the hd650 and Hd800 are built for different purposes (casual listening and monitoring, respectively). So if you are trying to choose between the two I’d say trial the 650 and 800 first, and if you prefer the 650 just go for the elex.
FISTDEYUMA
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Sep 27, 2021
If you lack the power to run the HD800s then you should not buy them. However there is an amp sold by drop for 200 bucks that would drive a truck. I agree there are few if any portable DAPs that can do the job, but I use my HD800s at home with a desktop system.
For its intended use, you would spend a lot more to beat the HD800s. There is a new set of cans for 1500 that have impressed the reviewers. The name excapes me.
cpo.usn.retired
6
Nov 17, 2021
Why don't you try helping people navigate one of the most variable hobbies in the world of being an "audiophile" rather than posting your negative replies? Help the person out that plugs a pair of Focal Utopias into an iPhone and expects audio bliss. "Audiophile" has a different meaning to every individual no matter how much they think they know about audio gear. You can use the exact same pair of headphones and they will sound completely different to everyone depending on all the variables such as amp used, type of DAC, source signal, personal taste in music, etc. In other words, if you don't have anything good to say...
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