Its a good thing its limited to the high end audio market. If it happened like that in the housing, phone, auto, and stock markets, we might have to worry about an unstable economic future. That would be scary. ¬¬
Those, you've said a similar positive comment about an older speaker/headphone must get old.
I'm going to assume the Utopia doesn't suck since your impressions are as objective as they come with a little preference thrown in. Looking forward to hearing it one day. I am interested in how close the Elear comes to the Utopia.