Focal Clear MG: Superior Open-Back Over-Ear Headphones for Ultimate High-Fidelity Experience Review

These headphones reproduce music with so much detail and such a beautiful soundstage that I'm rediscovering my entire collection. highly recommended, sorry Revane). These headphones stood out so much from others, including the more expensive headphones from the same brand (Focal), that I just ignored the ugly color.

These headphones play music with so much detail and such a beautiful soundstage that I'm rediscovering my entire collection. I went to a store where I got to try on LOTS of quality headphones (highly recommended, sorry Revane). These headphones stood out so much from others, including the more expensive headphones from the same brand (Focal), that I just ignored the ugly color.

My first encounter with high-end headphones. Tried Focals and Sennheiser 800. Everything about the Focal sound quality is fantastic. You are immersed in music. Excellent bass, treble, vocals, strings, percussion. Headphones are comfortable. I usually wear glasses and they don't push the glasses into my head. The 800s were great too, but they just didn't wrap me in a sound like the Focals. The 800s are famous for their soundstage. To me they sounded distant and not that rich. I have a 7.1 sound…

I won't go into too much detail about the sound quality, but the reviews are correct. It's excellent and top notch for clarity. The problem I and many others face is clipping of low frequencies. When you approach a high volume, the drivers start to hum loudly. Sometimes not even at very high volume. I understand the drivers are 40mm in diameter, which is smaller than others in this price range, but I like them less because I'm constantly monitoring the volume and not the music. Instead of…

It can be difficult to judge how something is going to sound just by reading impressions on the internet, especially with all the vague and confusing terms. I read all the reviews and watched all the videos on these headphones before buying them (how can you not at this price) - and none of them prepared me for what I have just experienced. In short: it's incredible, wonderfully detailed in every aspect of the sound, and most importantly - it sounds HUGE! The presence of sounds hitting your…