dontfeedphils
1000+ Head-Fier
I absolutely agree with this regarding Utopia as it is known to scale really well with sources just like the HD800. But we are discussing the Clear here. After auditioning Clear myself on different sources and from basically every review/impression of Clear thus far, the theme has been that it doesn't scale like Utopia and even its lower impedance and focus on portability from Focal indicates that it was designed to be less source dependent and just sound like itself and good on everything. I don't believe I have read one review yet that found a "bad" source pairing for Clear (not including tube amps).
Thanks for the insight. Haven't made it to the local dealer to try them out yet. Wasn't quite sure if they behaved like their older sibling or not.
I know with the Utopia it's quite easy to discern between different source gear. Sounds like that isn't the case with the Clear. Can't complain about that!