Focal Celestee closed-back headphones

hen I auditioned these headphones, I had just finished watching the Bee Gees documentary ow Can You Mend a Broken Heart The film got me really into their earlier, pre-Disco stuff - so I had to fire up the soundtrack. I streamed it in CD-quality from Qobuz, and fed it to the Focal headphones through my iFi ZEN rig. n the stripped down, almost Beatle-esque ballad, "New York Mining Disaster 1941," the Gibb brothers' layered harmony seemed to emanate from dead center. As Noel Gallagher pointed out in the documentary, when they sing together, it's "like an instrument nobody can buy." And I could pick out each individual voice, even as they all blended together. n the later dance tracks, when Barry's falsetto became more distinct and the production got more complex, there was still a sense of cohesion through the Celestee. Basslines punched with precision while the drum loops and synths seem to leap off the track. There was plenty of detail and pace between instruments Yet it never felt overly analytical - instead the musical moments were even more engaging and undeniably toe-tapping. ashionable and functional design ocal premium headphones are always as pleasant to wear as they are easy on the eyes. This is by design. Focal uses the same shape, frame, and general make-up for all of their high-end models. Last year, we asked 20 Crutchfield employees to test the comfort of more than 50 headphones - and Focal dominated the list of most comfortable "Audiophile headphones." hese headphones are large and heavy-duty for sure, but the weight is nicely distributed. Plus their leather-lined earcups and headband are generously padded. And the large, sturdy earcups are held together by