Listening

We kept listening and Focal’s ‘Listen’ Bluetooth headphones just kept rollin’ along.

JF

We confess to reviewing these headphones for an extended period. We kept the Listen Wireless running on Bluetooth and via their supplied cable for several months of general commuting and weekend afternoon use. That in itself speaks to their quality. But where some headphones quickly deliver a ‘wow’ moment, or else offend from their first burst, the Focals did as Ol’ Man River done, they just kept rolling along. Don’t get us wrong — these are good headphones, and they never offended. They just never quite went ‘wow’ either. As for their performance, so for their looks. They’re labelled on the outer earcup as ‘Premium Mobile Headphones’, and pretty much everything is high-grade plastic in construction terms, sturdy but plain, with only red cloth inserts inside the leatherette earpads to…

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Sound + Image (Digital) - 1 Issue, June - July 2018

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