I just sent my Focal Clear MG back to Music Direct. I tried for 2 month to break them in and they did not sound that great!!
Headphones Newbie; Senheisser HD 800s or Focal MG Clear
Hi
I'm currently down to one pair of speakers, Quad 2905's. And because these speakers are with the repair technician on a continual basis, I need a backup. While another pair of Quads or another brand of speakers would be ideal, I don't have that kind of money at the moment. So I've been thinking about buying a pair of headphones that punch above their weight class. My local Senheisser dealer says the HD800s and my Focal dealer says the MG Clear. I really like the looks of the Focal's and am leaning in that direction. I'll just use the headphone input on my ASR Emitter Exclusive II. All suggestions are appreciated, thank you!
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@viablex1 Could you explain what sounded objectionable. Were you using a preamp, headphone amp, etc...? |
@yage I wanted to get away from planar headphones as I have Quad Electrostatic Speakers and wanted something different. |
Headphones are very sensitive to the quality of the input. Less than great electronics and great headphones and you are going to hear it.
I now have about $15K of incredibly naturally sounding electronics behind my headphones… they all sound fantastic… Focal Utopia, Sennheiser HD800, Beyerdynamic T1, Audiez LCD, Ultrasond Edition 9, and Denon 5000 (?)… etc. You can see my headphone system under my user ID. |
@ghdprentice I have a highly thought of amp but still I'm under the impression that certain headphones/speakers match better than others and I can only afford one pair of headphones. But yesterday my car was totaled from a hit and run accident so now I need another car. |
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