I picked up a demo loaner unit from Tyler/Headphones.com yesterday of the Mg Pro and I surprisingly had it on my head for many continuous hours last night.
My initial reaction was that it was warmer, meatier, and also veiled compared to other Focal headphones, and especially against the HD600 and Susvara. The HD600 sounded much thinner, but also more open and airy (not typically what I’d say the HD600 is…)
That said, despite the small veil, I enjoyed listening to this for hours. It was very comfortable, as well as the laid back presentation was engaging enough but also easy to relax to (or in my case, work to). It reminded me a bit of the Elegia in that sense. It didn’t have the super punchy dynamics of the Elex or Clear even, and didn’t have that crazy resolution of the Utopia, but it was just a laid back presentation.
The Elegia is a tad mushy though, which I don’t find the case with the Mg Pro, however, like the Elegia, it isn’t as crisp as the Elex was to me, from memory. While it’s thicker sounding, it doesn’t punch as hard, which came as a bit of a surprise given these are Focals. That said, they’re still dynamic sounding and enjoyable, though a lot more intimate than I expected, though not as forward as Utopias, again, from memory.
It’s not my normal tuning preferences, because I do feel like there’s a bit of veil in the upper mids/presence region, but I can quickly adjust to it, as proven by my 3-4 hours of continuous listening last night. It works better with male vocals than female due to that veil for me, but again, I can deal with it.
So far, impressions are generally positive, though I do think if I had to have one right now, the original Clear would be a better choice, though given my current stable of headphones, this one could make more sense for me personally.
Ok obligatory graphs:
And link to the Focal Mg Pro on my new graph comparison tool:
https://headphones.audiodiscourse.com/?share=Antdroid%20Target,Clear%20Mg%20Pro