Oh hey that was my post haha. Will try to post more impressions here later this week.

Just picked up the MM-500 from a local Audeze dealer! The two dealers in my area (North Carolina) got them in yesterday 8/11. Will be listening to them this weekend, and will post some impressions later.

My experience in trying the Dekoni Fenestrated Sheepskin pads on the Clear MG: Veiled sound - primarily in the mids and upper-mids Thicker pads resulted in drivers being further away from ear, decreasing volume when compared to stock pads (this could also contribute to the veiled sound). Less...

Depending on your retailer, you could try to get them to replace the whole headphone instead (could potentially be faster than waiting for pads from Focal). The site I purchased from offered to replace mine (the entire headphone), but I decided to wait for Focal's back order pads instead. In...

Does anyone have any experience with getting earpad replacements from Focal? I've had mine for ~3 weeks now and I've noticed that my right earpad has less foam/material density than the left earpad, resulting in some contact with the inside and a bit of imbalance. I sent in a product support...

Agreed about the decay, live performances have never sounded better to me than on the Clear MG! One of the "drawbacks" about this though, when I listen to certain songs with electronic drums, if they lack decay/reverb it can make them stick out, in my mind, as a little more "artificial". Being...

"Bit" in computer science terms is the smallest quantity of data possible, which can be equal to 0 or 1. So 7 bits would be equal to 2^7 = 128 total possibilities.

Just received my A2C today, these are my first mid/hi-fi headphones - and I love them so far! The soundstage is really something.