Sorry that wasn't meant to criticise you or the review, should have made that clearer. Of course if it happens during normal listening for a specific person it's a deal breaker for that person. If that is a reviewer he should also call that out. What I don't understand is how many people here and on reddit seem to instantly dismiss the headphone because it "clips at normal listening volumes" or with any bass EQ applied. Both are not the case for me and for the 2 Focal Clear Pro I have, so I just want to add that as a different view on it. Also still not 100% sure if your Focal Clear maybe was worse than average. My 2 samples clip exactly at the same volume as far as I can tell.
No measurements on a science forum means being ignored as noise dude. Sorry. If we try to justify our position without measurements then we are looking to get banned. That's how it is around here. We NEED TO KNOW what science can share that our "trusted vendors" sometimes will and sometimes won't. For $1500 it better be scientifically sound. Period. Focal is trying to STOP A STORM and I can't prove it.. I repeat... I can't prove it.. but the FACT that a BUNCH of Clears started being sold as "seconds" for $500 less in batches around the end of last year and a LOT of people stopped hearing the problem proves that science FORCES COMPANIES TO BE HONEST. I can't prove it but I bet my cat they dumped the ones that sucked and fixed the problem.
@amirm is late to the party but fortunately got an older version that was smack dab in the middle of the flawed fray is my hunch. My take is also that Focal engineering "tapped out" but the profit margins DID NOT REFLECT THE ENGINEERING LIMITATION. So who is left paying for less?????? The hard working music loving dude in the mirror. You and I got an "improved batch" but that is not the point. Gimme ASR all day. For 1 reason. Kick these companies where the sun don't shine when they mess up and are not transparent. I can't do it. You can't do it. Finally someone can and more importantly IS. Do it better
@amirm. Just because of your post I'm donating now instead of lurking. Enjoy the music???? Absolutely. Not get pissed on while I enjoy the music?????? Much better music!
@ FOCAL CORPORATE - Show some integrity. Recall the lot or send out new drivers for the serial numbers affected. Do it now. This will not go away. The fire will only spread. Its a great product, but your engineers made a compromise. We get that. You were not transparent though and now the cat is out the bag. Do the right thing. You sold your bad stock at a discount. Wrong thing. You didn't tell us what happened. Wrong thing. You are silent on this thread. Wrong thing. You limited your official response to a French Forum but sell millions in other language markets. Wrong thing. Isn't it time you did the right thing?