I briefly did that with my 2nd pair of pads from my pro version. I could not hear any glaring differences.Funny thing I purchased a pair of brand new original Clear pads (took a picture here) earlier this year. I'll have to compare them with my old ones. Idk how I always forget to do it. Too busy enjoying the music, I guess.
I bought the pro mg because I already have the clear pro and my wife will never know I have a new headphone
It's an upgrade if you like more mid bass and less layering and sense of space than the original clear
i prefer it over the Stellia
Software eq'ing works....good and bad. You can use a supplied profile and apply it via software. This corrects the basic response or tuning of the headphone to more of a flat neutral response curve, But songs are recorded with varying amounts of eq'ing and often this can differ from song to song etc. This might lead you to adjusting the software eq with sliders etc in the program...a real pain to do from tune to tune. A hardware eq box u can grab a knob, twist and have instant results...still a pain, but faster than software IMO.
The difference in price can only be determined by your ears and pocketbook.
I have both sets. The MG's are still breaking in, but to me, the treble refinement is really worth it. There's more air, and the soundstage strikes me as both deeper and wider laterally. Bass is terrific - it seems faster to me, and more dynamic. At moderate volumes, you still get a really good 'punch' that never sounds artificial. Included cables are better, but jeepers, why can't Focal make cables of the same caliber of their headphones? So far I've very happy with them, and I can't think of anything to fault them on. There's a smoothness in the upper mids and highs that takes away the little bit of glare that sometimes showed in the original clear. There's a little more energy in the 'air' region, but I haven't found it harsh or irritating at all. I'll review further after they've really had some time to break in. So far I've tried them with a Chord Mojo and a Bifrost 2/Jot 2 combo in balanced mode and they're great with both setups.
OK, thanks for the explanations. No mystery here then, it's just a matter of convenience.
I have to disagree, at least as far as Sonarworks Ref 4 (or whatever they call it now). The supplied profile will be good for the great majority of your listening, but making adjustments is definitely as quick as turning a knob. Assuming you have the interface at hand while your listening, the same as having your physical Eq device at hand, you just leave your pointer on the adjustments window (with a very small amount of lateral movement required between the two adjustments) and roll your scroll wheel up or down. You don't even have to click on it first. Easy peasy. The only obstacle right now is that they don't yet have a profile for the new Mg's (I've requested one). The one for the OG Clear's sounds pretty good in the meantime, though.
They do sound just fine without any help but I view apps like Sonarworks the same way I view room correction software in the 2-channel/multichannel realm. It sounds so much better with it that I don't know why you would ever deny yourself such an easy and obvious (to me, anyway) improvement. But I'm certainly not offended if someone says they don't like it.
Interesting! I wonder if the Celestee pads are similar to what the Dekoni Sheepskin pads are doing for the Elegia. I love mine vs the original pads.Much more precisely and faster in the lows as the first Clear
also great couple
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PS.but most surpricing for me the Elegia+Celestee pads
Totally understand and agree with your point. The only funny thing to me is that Focal has the Arche with different presets for their different headphones. Maybe that’s more about impedance matching, but I think it also applies sound profiles IIRC.
