Focal Clear Review (headphone)

[solderdude]

OG ?

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The original has grey pads.
This is the Focal Clear Professional which is the Clear OG but with different color scheme.
This one:

Focal Clear Professional Review

This is a review, detailed measurements and listening tests of Focal Clear Pro headphone. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $1499. As our British friends say, the Clear Pro "looks the part." It a unique and luxurious design. Comfort was very good although the cups are on the smaller...

www.audiosciencereview.com

The Clear MG has a very different color scheme and looks and sounds a little less 'bright' as the original.
The Clear MG Professional and Clear MG are the same but have different looks/color scheme.

 

[patoulol]

Clear Professional red pads= Clear OG ?

 

[Tano]

OG ?

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Yes. That's an OG. the MG says MG in the box, plus the grill has bigger holes.

 

[Aerith Gainsborough]

how much is "medium volume" What happens at high volume?

The drivers hit maximum excursion. Very obvious and VERY unpleasant.

DT-880 and Clear get about to the same volume for me but the DT-880 fails "gracefully" just increasing distortion.
Clear is completely clean until CLANG! you hit X-max and never saw it coming.

That being said: by the time mine hits X-max, my ears are already experiencing pain, so in practical scenarios this limitation never bothered me.

 

[solderdude]

Clear Professional red pads= Clear OG ?

Focal Clear has:

• 3m balanced cable (XLR 4-pin)
• 3m unbalanced cable (1/4" TRS jack)
• 1.2m unbalanced cable (1/8" TRS jack)
• 1/8" jack to 1/4" stereo jack adapter

Focal Clear Professional has (aside from different color scheme):

• extra set of pads
• 5m coiled asymmetric cable (1/4" - 6,35mm TRS jack)
• 1.2m straight asymmetric cable (1/8" - 3.5mm TRS jack)

 

[Count Arthur]

Focal Clear has:

• 3m balanced cable (XLR 4-pin)
• 3m unbalanced cable (1/4" TRS jack)
• 1.2m unbalanced cable (1/8" TRS jack)
• 1/8" jack to 1/4" stereo jack adapter

Focal Clear Professional has (aside from different color scheme):

• extra set of pads
• 5m coiled asymmetric cable (1/4" - 6,35mm TRS jack)
• 1.2m straight asymmetric cable (1/8" - 3.5mm TRS jack)

I don't know about the Professional cables, but the ones supplied with the original Clear were dreadful - way too stiff.

I replaced mine with one I found on AliExpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005589798076.html?aff_short_key=UneMJZVf

 

[HDavidson]

Is it possible to download the Focal Clear measurement file to open in REW format?

 

[staticV3]

Is it possible to download the Focal Clear measurement file to open in REW format?

The Zip file is attached below Amir's review.

You'll have to open it in Excel/Google Sheets and delete the header and export as two separate Left/Right .txt/.csv files, each with Frequency in the first column and dB in the second.

Those you can then drag and drop into REW.

 

[HDavidson]

Thanks!

I didn't see it. It works.

 

[HDavidson]

I've been listening to Clear since their release. I've always used the Oratory1990 correction.
I decided to try creating filters in REW. This is what happened. I'll listen to the results.
Filters 5-6-7 could have been omitted to make correction easier.