[dougq]

Does the clamp loosen over time? I wasn’t expecting these to feel so tight on my head lol. It’s still comfortable but after a while I feel a little pressure.

My mg pro are the same. I manually extend the springs in each cup every day all the way. I think it’s loosened up the tightness a bit.

 

[bcaulf17]

My mg pro are the same. I manually extend the springs in each cup every day all the way. I think it’s loosened up the tightness a bit.

Thanks! I found lowering the cups one more notch helped too.

 

[dougq]

Thanks! I found lowering the cups one more notch helped too.

I felt like when I did that it was pushing against my jaw line weird. I’m so on and off with the fit. Sometimes it’s great, next time I feel closed in too much.

 

[Dionysus]

Purchased my Clear MG today, should have them Friday.

 

[bidn]

Hi,

Here is Focal's official introduction video at youtube, published today :
( I am not sure whether it is any or much different from Focal's video for the Clear MG Pro though)

 

[liujun050612]

Hi,

Here is Focal's official introduction video at youtube, published today :

Almost identical to the mg pro introduction. The engineering part is even more detailed and talked about the mg pro together.
I guess the sound may be the same too.

 

[dougq]

Almost identical to the mg pro introduction. The engineering part is even more detailed and talked about the mg pro together.
I guess the sound may be the same too.

It sounds like focal has confirmed this in some interviews this morning. So it really comes down to preference in accessories and color.

 

[Daiyama]

I would like to see head to head measurements of the MG and MG Pro.

 

[Dionysus]

This is in French but great video and some factory insight as well on the new Clear MG.

 

[roskodan]

Gotta love the factory stained microfiber. Also pretty impressed by the ending credits track in the official presentation video, sounds great on my old Clear.

 

[Ifalna]

I still don't see how the old metal mesh + Honeycomb layer can be considered "more open" than only the metal mesh, but whatever.

Celestee looks very sexy in the second video.

 

[roskodan]

Funny thing, in his "review" video Jude said the same thing about the new Clear, being more "open" on the outer side as well, vs the old one, because of the extra honeycomb grill on top of the mesh. It's Focal fault tho, they failed (conveniently) to point out they meant more open vs using a round holed grill, and not vs the old model that had no grill at all on top of the mesh. Again, it's purely a cosmetic thing, to set apart the open back models from the closed back models (styled with honeycomb and round grills respectively).

 

[Drokk]

Any measurements of the old clears with the new pads release yet?
Hoping that they could be a darker colored alternative to the OG pads which wouldn't change the overall measurements too much like other swapped pads do.

 

[jude]

I still don't see how the old metal mesh + Honeycomb layer can be considered "more open" than only the metal mesh, but whatever.

Celestee looks very sexy in the second video.

Funny thing, in his "review" video Jude said the same thing about the new Clear, being more "open" on the outer side as well, vs the old one, because of the extra honeycomb grill on top of the mesh. It's Focal fault tho, they failed (conveniently) to point out they meant more open vs using a round holed grill, and not vs the old model that had no grill at all on top of the mesh. Again, it's purely a cosmetic thing, to set apart the open back models from the closed back models (styled with honeycomb and round grills respectively).

In one of Focal's videos about the Clear Mg, Clémente Auzou (Electro Acoustic System Design, Headphone Section) at Focal said that the outside hex pattern grid allowed a more open area. I think what he's referring to is the fact that they went with a thinner gauge wire for the Mg's grille to open it up more, and the hex grille is probably necessary to compensate for the reduced rigidity of the more delicate screen on the Mg.

Perhaps Focal can chime in and confirm what I'm saying or correct me. I've been wrong before.

Here's a closeup photo of both grilles I just took, trying my best to make sure the lens was equidistant from both headphones:

 

[roskodan]

Doesn't really matter. I'm all for even the slightest improvement. It's just that... the "more open" rant... it's just marketing. Tuning headphones is a much more specific matter. Need the right acoustic impedance for tuning the frequency response, in fact "more open" can be, and usually is, really bad in that regard. There is a silky acoustic impedance, dust, filter under the mesh and all around the driver, cup. As far as reflections and resonances, the bigger flat surface of the grill and thinner gauge of the mesh, can only make things messier. Also, it doesn't look more open, regardless of the seemingly thinner gauge, which is just a purely cosmetic matter anyhow.