Yesterday I was thinking : What an amazing review @MRHifiReviews have done here, it couldn’t be better !!!
Today I just discovered it has beautiful pictures too!!! 
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Thank you @Hansel this is encouraging to hear!!! 
I am glad you like the photos as well. 
Definitely would like to do another review again in the future!
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I used to own both. Elegia >>> Aeon 2C. IMO it is not even close.
That’s what’s so cool about this hobby is everyone has a different perspective, and that’s ok. What did you not like about the A2C that made it not even close?
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Aeon 2C has tonality issues . Its upper-mids are severely dipped the treble is strangely bright. Vocal and instrumental presence is lacking due to the upper mids hole. At the same time the treble is sharp and grainy. Elegia is more natural in comparision.
Tonality aside, Elegia is much more impressive in every single way. Soundstage, dynamics, seperation (insert literally any audio term…) is much better with Elegia. Both cost $900 but the quality difference is huge.
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Cool thanks for your input, while I don’t agree with the majority of your statements, I respect your opinion.
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Indeed they do, at least for their audiophile-class cans which are all built almost exactly like the Elear, itself a dressed-down replica of the Utopia. It wasn’t originally planned to be that way though, Utopia and Elear were supposed to be the only models to sport that now unmistakably bold, muscular shape that says, to quote Tyl Hertsens, “For I am headphone, hear me” in his review of the Elear.
I agree that there is something wonky about the mids on the A2C. I wouldn’t say it sounds severely dipped, but something is a little wonky. After a little brain-burn in, it was acceptable but not something I’d want to live with. Might be great for someone who needs a super-portable planar, ya know?
I also don’t think Elegia does everything hands-down better. Come on man, that just sounds like fanboy-ism. There’s a forwardness that it presents which I find unwelcome. It’s like it tries too hard, and as a result doesn’t always sound completely natural, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, beyond the fact that they are both closed backs, the two are extremely different headphones. The drivers, cups, overall design, pads… everything is just different. That is something that should be considered in direct comparisons.
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I also prefer the Elegia, but I think the A2C’s tonality is dipped around 3-4khz specifically to do the ‘sense of space’ trick that a lot of headphones go for. I don’t think this is all that uncommon a tuning to be honest. It’s just maybe not as classically ‘neutral’ as the Elegia, which also has its own tonality quirks. If you compare frequency responses, you’ll see it’s also dipped in that same region (not as wide of a dip though). The A2C’s best feature is its treble detail, and while the ‘U-shape’ does accentuate that a bit, the last word I’d use to describe it is ‘grainy’ (if we think of grain as the absence of detail). If anything it’s just slightly over-emphasized, and that’s just made more noticeable by the 3-4khz contrast.
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Just for reference, @MRHifiReviews’s review and comparison has been posted on the main page here: https://www.headphones.com/blogs/news/dan-clark-audio-aeon-2c-vs-focal-elegia-closed-back-headphone-comparison
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You put this so well! That’s why this industry needs awesome professionals like you.
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That’s awesome! Congratulations @MRHifiReviews! 
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Thanks @ValentineLuke !
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What’s really cool is that when you scroll down the homepage you’ll see the reviews listed. Very cool to see your work there. 
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Thank you for this amazing comparison!
I went back and forth for two months on these two headphones and decided on the A2C which arrived earlier this month and my opinion of it is that it’s a great sounding headphone. It seemed based on what I read before that it’d suit my preferences better and what you wrote here pretty much confirms what I suspected so again, thanks for your excellent work!
The Elegia sounds like an excellent product and if it were to ever go on a nice sale where I live, I’d perhaps consider picking it up to go with my A2C. Most likely though, my next headphone I get would be something like the Stellia or ZMF Verite.
As for that member that implied the A2C is junk, I suspect that is the same person as this fellow at head-fi (they wrote basically the same thing) who has bizarrely gone on an internet crusade to trash this headphone since they also did the same at Reddit, Youtube, and probably elsewhere. It also seems like the person at head-fi set up a second account just to trash it with absurd claims that you can’t clearly hear lyrics. If it is the same person, they really need to go get some professional help as it’s been 2 months of this trolling and is bordering on obsession.
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Thank you @loregnum and I am glad you are enjoying them! I love mine as well!!!
Welcome @loregnum! Enjoy your stay here.
Some people have a very strong opinion about certain product. I personally think it’s ok as long as it doesn’t turn into unreasonable and obsessive hate campaign. Suspecting someone out in the open with only circumstantial evidence is a bit too much though. Whether it’s true or not, it may lead to unpleasant interaction between members when it can be avoided all together.
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Agreed, and well stated.
Let’s keep it cordial and remember to have fun. Most of what we post is an opinion anyway.
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Mumford & Sons have a few fantastic covers! My favorite is this cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s The Boxer:
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@Ioregnum If you consider purchasing both both phones perhaps you should only one, but a flagship. Stellia qualifies as that, damn thing costs four grand.
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