On the outside, the Utopia is an open back design (the closed back Stellia exists for people who need a more mobile option) and makes use of a distinctive honeycomb grille that allows air to move as Focal wishes while keeping overall weight low and resonances under control. This M shape is replicated in the grille on the inside of the housing not because it looks smart (although that’s a welcome side effect) but to match the behaviour of the driver. The Utopia has a pair of 40mm drivers made from Beryllium and made in an M shape to increase their stiffness still further. The lightest metal in the periodic table (and both rare and extremely hard to work with), Focal uses to make drivers because it creates incredibly light and stiff diaphragms. Only now, eight years after the original launch is the Utopia seeing some revisions.Ībsolutely integral to the concept of Utopia is beryllium. Since then, the Listen and Elear have been replaced and renamed more than once but the Utopia remained unchanged it wasn’t broke so Focal saw no need to fix it.
When Focal launched their original headphone range, there were three model levels Listen, Elear and Utopia.
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