I had to look twice when I first spotted the drop to £349 at Sevenoaks some months ago. As the recommendable wired headphones started life more than double that price only a handful of years ago, it was quite frankly one of those deals that seemed like a typo and would disappear quicker than you could say "head-fi". But the deal has stuck around – apologies if you've seen and skipped it previously – and is actually now for Black Friday.
Indeed, these Focal over-ears, which we called "ideal for home and on-the-go listening" when we awarded them four stars at their original price, are now thanks to an extra £30 discount. This is apparently one of the retailer's most popular , and I can see why. While wireless pairs tend to get the best discounts come Black Friday, I've seen several wired models on the end of decent deals over the years, and this one trumps all those in memory.
If you're looking for new headphones for your office, hi-fi system or overseas travels and can afford to spend a little over £300, this isn't an offer miss. I remember listening to our review team's test sample of the Elegia headphones when they entered our test rooms and thinking that they sounded very 'Focal' – clean, detailed and spacious. Mature, to pick just one adjective.
The French brand has produced several impressive wired headphones over the past decade, and the Elegia is one of them. They weren't quite as detailed as the class leader at this lofty price level at the time, the second-ge.