I'v spent som hours comparing two Headphones from HiFiMAN with Utopia as my reference to se if HiFiMan could change that.
I used Quad PA-one to get the power.
HiFiMAN HE1000 V2...
... and Edition X V2...
... were easy to differ from each other. HE1000 V2 is the best of them. I liked HE1000 V2 a lot but when Focal Utopia sang in my ears the game was over.
Due to my taste Focal Utopia is without doubt still in the lead. HE1000 V2 second ant may be Focal Elear att third place. Audeze is a bit to dark and to much bas. Thats strange! I almost nether think that there is to much bas with normal speakers if the bas is correct. Though the bas can be wrong of course.
The list can change. I don't think I'm done yet. And still, I don't know if I really am going to listen to them. I always long for a normal system and feel the music in the room and my body. That can't happen with headphones.