Agreed. The peak of Clear's from 10KHz on is audibly sharper than my Focal Elex, especially for someone younger. I'd say go for the Elex (cheaper too) as it goes 95% there and has a more natural tonality, while Clear has slightly better resolution and a slight weightier bass punch (before EQ) at the cost of slight metallic timbre. The differences are very subtle without A/Bing extensively between the two, and I personally prefer the Elex out of the box before EQ, it takes longer to develop fatigue as well.
Agreed. The peak of Clear's from 10KHz on is audibly sharper than my Focal Elex, especially for someone younger. I'd say go for the Elex (cheaper too) as it goes 95% there and has a more natural tonality, while Clear has slightly better resolution and a slightly weightier bass punch (before EQ) at the cost of slight metallic timbre. The differences are very subtle without A/Bing extensively between the two, and I personally prefer the Elex out of the box before EQ, it takes longer to develop fatigue as well.
Here's the EQ I made for the Clear, modified to be less intense on changes based on the AutoEq profile of Oratory1990's measurements:
Channel: all
Preamp: -4.9 dB
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 17 Hz Gain 3.7 dB Q 0.44
Filter 2: ON LS Fc 98 Hz Gain 0.82 dB
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 192 Hz Gain -1.47 dB Q 0.72
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1264 Hz Gain -4 dB Q 1.45
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 1316 Hz Gain 1.1 dB Q 0.22
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 2245 Hz Gain 1.8 dB Q 2.95
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 3637 Hz Gain -2.3 dB Q 1.04
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 4461 Hz Gain 4.38 dB Q 3.52
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 8497 Hz Gain 3.5 dB Q 1.78
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 11506 Hz Gain 0.38 dB Q 0.68
Filter 11: ON PK Fc 19581 Hz Gain -7.2 dB Q 0.43