Focal Stellia

Over-ear headphones

£2795

FOR

• Refinement

• Insight and powerful bass

• Build and finish

• Impressive comfort

AGAINST

• Some practical issues with cable options

VERDICT

If you want the very best closed-back headphones, these Focals are the most capable we’ve heard – but they come at a price

“The combination of high-quality leather, beautifully shaped metal parts and unusual colour-blend works well”

ALSO CONSIDER

Sennheiser

HD820

£1999 More closedback excellence, this time achieved via a clever, concaveglass design

Ask us to name the best-sounding headphones we’ve ever heard and you can be sure that Focal’s brilliant Utopias would be in with a shout. They really are that good – though at almost three and a half grand, they ought to be.

If the Utopias have a problem, it’s down to one of the things