Focal Clear Mg Review & Measurements | Page 8 - Head-Fi

It's kind of a mess, with new vs used pads making a pretty big difference it seems. Crinacle summarizes it later in the article with the ... Menu Home Forums HeadGear Gallery Articles Sponsors Classifieds Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install LatestThreadImages Seefullthreadgallery... FeaturedSponsorListings DROP+HIFIMANHE-R7DXCLOSED-BACKHEADPHONES Drop 149.00USD Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. FocalClearMgReview&Measurements Home Forums EquipmentForums Headphones(full-size) Threadstarter jude Startdate Mar17,2021 Tags focal focalclear focalclearmg head-fi head-fitv hftv Prev 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 102 Next First Prev 8of102 Next Last teknorob23 MemberoftheTrade:NetworkAcoustics Joined Feb28,2018 Posts 1,663 Likes 1,910 Location UK smoothb0resaid: IreallylikethelookoftheMg.AguyIknowwaswonderingaboutthesoundstage-anyimprovementsinsize? Clicktoexpand... InstraightforwarddimensionaltermstheSoundstageisprettyaverageandnotmuchwider(ifatall)thantheclosedbackstellias.Frommemorytheoriginalclearwaswider.Thatsaid,ItstillfeelsveryairyandmoreimportantlypinpointaccurateandthestereoimageisoneofthebestI’veheard,absolutelylockedon.   MainSetUp:FocalUtopia>UPOCCPureSilverCable>HoloAudioSerene&BenchmarkHPA4(FORSALE)>HoloAudioMayKTE,MusetecMH-DA005DAC&MolaMolaTambaquiDAC(SOLD)>BricastiM5Streamer>EthernetFilter>StreamingCable>rubiconNetworkSwitch>ROONROCKi7FanlessNUC. smoothb0re 100+Head-Fier Joined Aug3,2019 Posts 244 Likes 371 Location EU teknorob23said: InstraightforwarddimensionaltermstheSoundstageisprettyaverageandnotmuchwider(ifatall)thantheclosedbackstellias.Frommemorytheoriginalclearwaswider.Thatsaid,ItstillfeelsveryairyandmoreimportantlypinpointaccurateandthestereoimageisoneofthebestI’veheard,absolutelylockedon. Clicktoexpand... Thanks!Soundslikeit'sstillnotsomethingforhim,orforme.Ifoundittobeanissueintheoriginal,formypreferences.Haditnotbeenforthesoundstage,theClearwould'vebeenoneofmyfavourites. Notreallycriticism,justmypreferences.   Lastedited:Mar22,2021 Sayed2020 MemberoftheTrade:ZellousAudio Joined Mar4,2017 Posts 46 Likes 145 Location UnitedKingdom Dionysussaid: I’mafirsttimeowneroftheClear,mypreviousdaily’swastheHD800sinsanesoundstage.Idon’tthinkthereisanydynamicthathavecomeclose.ThesoundstageontheMGaregoodbutitcertainlyisn’tit’sbestattribute. Clicktoexpand... SorrytogoofftopicbutasanowneroftheAKGK1000&MySphere3.2(theybothusedynamicdrivers),theSennheiserHD800Scannotcompetewiththemregardingsound/headstage.IownedboththeHD800&HD800S.   gaming NewHead-Fier Joined Mar20,2021 Posts 27 Likes 1 Location earth Dionysussaid: Photosdon’tdothemjustice. Clicktoexpand... Whatheadphonestandisthat?   Dionysus 500+Head-Fier Joined Feb6,2009 Posts 974 Likes 619 gamingsaid: Whatheadphonestandisthat? Clicktoexpand... https://wooaudio.com/accessories/hps   Headphones:FocalClearMG|SennheiserHD800S|HD58XlHD660S IEM’s:64AudioA18t AmplifierDesktop|FluxFA-12FullyBalancedClassA MatrixAudioMiniIPro3MQA|Streamer|Amp|Dac DAP:Astell&KernSP1000|EffectAudioLeonidasII,EffectAudioErosII gaming NewHead-Fier Joined Mar20,2021 Posts 27 Likes 1 Location earth Dionysussaid: https://wooaudio.com/accessories/hps Clicktoexpand... Thankyou   Dionysus 500+Head-Fier Joined Feb6,2009 Posts 974 Likes 619 Sayed2020said: SorrytogoofftopicbutasanowneroftheAKGK1000&MySphere3.2(theybothusedynamicdrivers),theSennheiserHD800Scannotcompetewiththemregardingsound/headstage.IownedboththeHD800&HD800S. Clicktoexpand... uhm,but,Ihaveneverheardthem,butlet'sstaywithnonretired,discontinuedcans.Current,Ididn'tthinkIneededtosaythat,butanywaysbackontopic.pleasethanks.noted.   Lastedited:Mar22,2021 Headphones:FocalClearMG|SennheiserHD800S|HD58XlHD660S IEM’s:64AudioA18t AmplifierDesktop|FluxFA-12FullyBalancedClassA MatrixAudioMiniIPro3MQA|Streamer|Amp|Dac DAP:Astell&KernSP1000|EffectAudioLeonidasII,EffectAudioErosII HiFiHawaii808 HeadphoneusSupremus Joined Sep8,2020 Posts 6,018 Likes 14,385 Location Honolulu CrinaclejustdidsomequicknotesontheClearMG.Hedoesn'tlikeit.GaveitaBgrade. https://crinacle.com/2021/03/22/crinnotes-focal-clear-mg-quick-review-padgate/   Spoiler:MyGear Full:Susvara/Utopia/HE1000v2/VeriteClosedKoa(incoming)/HD800S/650/600/HE6/VCMP(forsale) IEMS:RedHaloFE/Jewel(incoming)/EXT/EVO/Odin/Traillii/Indigo/Z1R/Monarchmkii/CustomLX/VE8/Nio/Isabellae/IE900/IER-M9/MonarchOG/MEXT/3DT/B2Dusk/FHE/BL03/BLA8 AMP:Rockwell/FerrumOrr/Crack/C9/WA8/THXAAA789 DAC/AMP:TT2/Bifrost2/Hugo2-2go/Mojo-Poly/RU6/W2/S1/S2/BTR5/DFRed/utws3 DAP:N8ii,M9,RS6,N6iiTi(R01/A02/E02),DX312 D dougq 100+Head-Fier Joined Feb24,2021 Posts 210 Likes 260 Location rockfordil HiFiHawaii808said: CrinaclejustdidsomequicknotesontheClearMG.Hedoesn'tlikeit.GaveitaBgrade. https://crinacle.com/2021/03/22/crinnotes-focal-clear-mg-quick-review-padgate/ Clicktoexpand... IcanseewhysomeonewouldconsidertheClearMGa'downgrade"fromtheoriginalClears.Thisisnotthefirsttimeareviewmentionedthis,thereweresomeoriginalreviewsontheMGProthatsaidthesamethings.It'sactuallywhatmademewanttotrythemMG'stobehonestasIwasfindingotherheadphonesabitharshinthetrebleareas. TheClearMG'stomeareveryagreeable.Theyarehonestlythefirstheadphonesthatsatwellwithmefromthestart(minussomequirkyfitissues).   Dionysus 500+Head-Fier Joined Feb6,2009 Posts 974 Likes 619 Iusereviewsaspointsofreferences,aswellasthisforumandotherplaceswereIuse,togetcontentrelatedInanyproductIresearch. Butintheend,itshouldstopwithyouandyourears,whatyoulikenotwhatareviewerorYoutubersaysaboutXheadphone.   Headphones:FocalClearMG|SennheiserHD800S|HD58XlHD660S IEM’s:64AudioA18t AmplifierDesktop|FluxFA-12FullyBalancedClassA MatrixAudioMiniIPro3MQA|Streamer|Amp|Dac DAP:Astell&KernSP1000|EffectAudioLeonidasII,EffectAudioErosII SilverEars HeadphoneusSupremus Joined Sep18,2013 Posts 12,749 Likes 5,675 HiFiHawaii808said: CrinaclejustdidsomequicknotesontheClearMG.Hedoesn'tlikeit.GaveitaBgrade. https://crinacle.com/2021/03/22/crinnotes-focal-clear-mg-quick-review-padgate/ Clicktoexpand... wait.worsethantheOGClear?Isitawarmertuning? Ijustlookedatit.Andhesaysthedifferencesareinthepads. Soundslikethisonehasreducedhighsincomparsionlikeitornot.perhapsbettersuitedforthosethinkOGClearwastoobright.AndifonelikedgheOGclear,likelyworsetuning. Iliketoseemoremeasurements.I'vebeenthinkingFocaldriverconsistancyisn'tgreat.Weneedtoseerandomsamplemeasurementdata.   Lastedited:Mar22,2021 roskodan HeadphoneusSupremus Joined Jan1,2013 Posts 2,184 Likes 1,450 Location EU It'skindofamess,withnewvsusedpadsmakingaprettybigdifferenceitseems.Crinaclesummarizesitlaterinthearticlewiththefollowing: https://crinacle.com/2021/03/22/crinnotes-focal-clear-mg-quick-review-padgate/ Clicktoexpand... Therearesomemajorcaveatsofcourse,forinstancetheClearsthatIwastestingwithhadverywornpadsandsomaynotevenberepresentativeofwhataClearwithfreshpadswouldbelike.ButitisalsotobenotedthatIactuallylikedtheClearsthatIwasusingwiththewornClearpadsandnotsomuchwiththefreshClearMgpads,soifthelatterissupposedlymorerepresentativeofwhatatrueClearissupposedtosoundlikethensomedownrankingisinorder.Certainlyalose-losesituationhere. Butlet’stalkalittlemoreaboutthewholeClearvsClearMgdebacle.WiththetwoonClearMgpadstherebyputtingbothonequalgroundinatonalsense,thetechnicaldifferencesgetalotmoreobvious.Thatistosay,theClearMgsoundsnoticeablymushierand“slower”thantheoriginalClear,andatadbitlessresolvingtoo. Clicktoexpand...   SilverEars HeadphoneusSupremus Joined Sep18,2013 Posts 12,749 Likes 5,675 roskodansaid: It'skindofamess,withnewvsusedpadsmakingaprettybigdifferenceitseems.Crinaclesummarizesitlaterinthearticlewiththefollowing: Clicktoexpand... Interesting.Itwouldbeinformativetoseeacomparisonofwornvsfreshpads.Itobviouslyhaseffectsonthehighs.DoeswarnFocalsbringoutmorehighs?WithSennheiser,wornpadscauseswarmertilt.Questionis,isitthepadsbeingworncausingit?   Lastedited:Mar22,2021 roskodan HeadphoneusSupremus Joined Jan1,2013 Posts 2,184 Likes 1,450 Location EU FunnythingIpurchasedapairofbrandneworiginalClearpads(tookapicturehere)earlierthisyear.I'llhavetocomparethemwithmyoldones.IdkhowIalwaysforgettodoit.Toobusyenjoyingthemusic,Iguess.   warrenpchi ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Administrator Joined Jun9,2011 Posts 8,621 Likes 2,676 Location Head-FiLA Shooter41said: ItbugsmethathepronouncesitfoCAL.Idon'tevencareifthatmightbecorrect,I'mgonnapronounceitFOcal.Myotherhobbyisphotographysofocalisawordthat'salreadyinmyregularlyusedvocabulary. Clicktoexpand... Focalestuneentreprisefrançaise,etc'estainsiqueFocalseprononceenfrançais.   JustliketheEightiesfilmswherewe'llhookupinmybackseatandletmybestfrienddrive. Yourearsarethebestmeasuringrigforgaugingpersonalenjoyment.Soifitsoundsgood,itisgood. Prev 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 102 Next First Prev 8of102 Next Last Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Userswhoareviewingthisthread Total: 4(members: 0,guests: 4) Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Home Forums EquipmentForums Headphones(full-size) Wearecurrentlyupdatingthesearchindex,anditmaybetemporarilyunavailablewhilethisisinprocess.Thankyouforunderstanding. Thissiteusescookiestohelppersonalisecontent,tailoryourexperienceandtokeepyouloggedinifyouregister. Bycontinuingtousethissite,youareconsentingtoouruseofcookies. Top