Massdrop x Focal Elex Review | French Beauty 

D'accord

De plus, mon pere est une crayon.

I'm debating on getting these. I currently use the hd6xx with modi 2 + DarkVoice 336SE amp. I'm assuming these probably wouldn't be good with a tube amp? Do you recommend me getting a diff amp or dac/amp combo if I get these headphones?

you need a French pass filter in your amp if you dont understand French.

How ironical. I'm French, living in France, yet do NOT deliver the Elex in my country

Do you feel the cable it comes with is short enough for on the go or is a periapt cable recommended? I have a Topping NX4 to take some cans out walking.

Account for Reasons they are 6ft cables. I wouldn’t run with an Elex, pads would be sweat sponges.

Just for light walks. Thank you.

what about metal571? He doesn't really do hype, which I like alongside the hype channels (like Z). Max Settings' style kind of reminds me of metal571. edit: also if you want full audiophile grade opinions check out Currawong. What I mean by that is he uses the kind of language you read on head-fi.

@@FriedEgg101 Yeah, I kinda discovered Currawong just recently and he seems okay guy but I'm not really into that head-fi super subjective thing. I mean, there are many people there who believe objective measurements mean nothing and negative feedback is somehow bad etc. Never in my life did I like something that measured bad like Audio GD products, and opposite is true as well. If something measures well, it sounds good. There may be taste dependent difference in tonal signature or imaging or space, but overall sound is always decent. Also, he's kinda rich guy and so far I have only seen him reviewing very expensive stuff I will never be able to afford (not that I believe it is worth as much anyway). I'm just not kind of his audience I think. As for Z, it's not like I'm about hype or something, no. I actually a bit dislike his personality and his manners. The only reason I included him to my major list is that he helps me to discover stuff I would likely never discover myself otherwise. For instance, I'm Ukrainian but I'm confident I would never discover Verum Audio without Z even though it is Ukrainian product. It simply has no promotion other than Z. After his review some other minor reviewers followed up and made their own reviews. Z has influence in our community and he impacts it in a right way, and for that I'm grateful. As for Metal, yeah, I know DMS' brother, he's a decent guy overall, but a bit... boring. No offense. He is just a bit too calm and emotionally restrained to my liking. However, his reviews are usually good and accurate, he makes a good point and I like that he always leaves his equalizer settings in description. It really helps to improve sound. No complaints to the quality of the review itself, rather than to the way it is done.

lol

Very similar. I didn't think Ananda had very good extension, but that could have just been my issues with the sealing because of that stupid headband.

Yes

I will at some point.

Yep

Bruno Arrais Does it damage the headphones? My Utopia clips on Hans Zimmer songs too.

I would take this. More refined headphone overall.

@@maxsettings7884 how bout blon b20 350$ on drop is it worth it

The driver literally clips. It makes this awful sound. It's the driver extending past its rated distance. Doing it too much could kill the driver.

Reaches maximum excursion

@@maxsettings7884 Thank you!

@@metal571 Yes that, couldn't remember that word LOL

With EQ? LCD 2c or 2F Without? Elex

Wondered that myself,researched forums, reviews, Facebook groups. The elex seem to be almost the same as the clears, with some agreeing the elex are more dynamic. Value for money goes to the elex. Unless you want the focal travel case and the better cables(that still aren't great) that come with the clears, the elex are the better purchase.

@@humanmale1085 The guy from the headphone show has some comapisons between Elex and Clear, I figured. By the way. The Focal cables are horrible. My Clear cable broke after 3 weeks of usage. Focal replaced it, the new cable is "version 2". But besides that, Clear is a great deal now too. In Europe you can get it for 995€. And Elex has qs issues. (As you can see on Oluf's channel).

@@traindeluxe3789 yeah I've heard about the qc issues on the elex, i feel they may be blown out of proportion. I weighed it up: Drop shows 2.8k sold with an average of 4 and a half stars. There is 370 reviews on drop, the first 30-40 report quality issues, the rest seem to be mostly fine. Like anything on the internet the negative people tend to be most vocal. So, i think out of the 2.8k sold there might have been a bad batch of about a hundred or so. In any case, drop would replace if any issues arise.

@@humanmale1085 Fair enough. You can go that route if you are us based. In eu that does not work. Elex is not sold to the eu market. So it is troublesome to claim the warranty.

@@traindeluxe3789 fair point.

Fo-COW EEE-lex

As long as you keep it to a moderately normal volume you shouldn't have issues is most cases.