Great disappointment. Never never never buy headphones based on reviews, especially don't trust the major headphone reviewers, the "stars" of the headphones review world on Youtube. They are mostly just pushing gear, reviewing headphones on loan - snake oil salesmen, that is what they are. I fell for them. And ordered the Clears. Tonal balance: There is a lot of blabla about how clear they sound and balanced etc etc etc .... How in the world do headphone reviewrs forget to talk about sensitivity to the placement? Yes headphone are to some degree...

I intended it to be a tool in the studio but only after a couple of hours of use I need to send them back... The cable is not replaceable under warranty, the whole package needs to be sent back to the regional Focal service facility (I've been told that for central Europe it is somewhere in Poland) Heapdhones that you paid for but are not spending their time with you are like headphones you don't own at all. This is a product for the consumer market- made to spend most of its time on a headphone collectors shelf among other headphones that get very...