I first tried these a couple years back along with LCD X, Arya v2, and Ether Flow 1.1. Initially, these were my least favorite for what I was looking for at the time- a spacious, detailed set for musical enjoyment and mixing/composing orchestral music. The others seemed much more “clear” and detailed, honestly. What did stick out was the pure comfort and punchy bass and dynamics of the Clear MG. Where the others had significantly more sub bass reach, The Clear MG is just incredibly pleasing in the bass region on most genres. Very “mass appealing”...

Notes and impressions: My first Focal headphones were the Bathys, followed fairly swiftly by the Clear MG. Initially I enjoyed the Bathys a lot, but going to the more warm, lush sound signature of the Clear MG, I really started to crave that presentation in closed back form. The Bathys overall sounded quite a bit more thin. I love good closed back headphones, as I live close enough to a busy highway that when I’m upstairs on that side of the house, I simply can’t listen to open backs the way I’d like, as the outside noise is just distracting enough...