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Focal's Listen Wireless Headphone has an Audiophile Temperament

2017-07-17
you may not have heard of French audio company folk call but audiophiles admires impressive headphones and the listen Wireless is the company's first crack at a mainstream premium bluetooth headphone this $300 model looks similar to the wired listen but it has a more eye-catching glossy black finish instead of brushed silver it folds up to fit in an included neoprene carrying case and also comes with a cable for those times when you want to go wired the headphone feels sturdily built although at 300 grams it's slightly heavy and while I found it was pretty comfortable to wear it isn't as comfortable as Bose as quiet comfort 35 I thought it performed well and as they dedicated on/off switch which I liked and paired and repaired without a problem and maintained a steady Bluetooth connection I thought it also worked well as a headset for making calls and there's NFC tap tap air technology for dices that support it battery life is rated at up to 20 hours of listening time which is decent no complaints there like the wired listen this model features rich for fine sound with punchy well-defined bass and relatively open airy sound for a closed back headphone the only problem I have with the sound is that while this headphone sounded great with some material it is a tad bright it's designed to be revealing which makes it a little unforgiving with some tracks that extra bit of presence boost in the treble can lead to a touch too much sizzle and perhaps even some listening fatigue my advice is to give this headphone a listen before buying it because it's well worth listening to it's just one of those headphones as some people are going to love more than others I'm David Carr in for cnet.com that's the folk call listen Wireless thanks for watching
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