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Focal Celestee vs Clear Mg

Which Headphones Are Better?

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    Main Differences
    Design
      StyleComfortControlsBreathabilityPortabilityCaseBuild QualityStabilityHeadshots 1Headshots 2TopIn The Box
    Sound
      Sound ProfileFrequency Response ConsistencyRaw Frequency ResponseBass AccuracyMid AccuracyTreble AccuracyPeaks/DipsImagingPassive SoundstageVirtual SoundstageWeighted Harmonic DistortionTest Settings
    Isolation
      Noise IsolationLeakage
    Microphone
      Microphone StyleRecording QualityNoise Handling
    Active Features
      BatteryApp Support
    Connectivity
      BluetoothNon-Bluetooth WirelessWiredPC CompatibilityPlayStation CompatibilityXbox CompatibilityBase/Dock
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Focal Celestee
Focal Clear Mg

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Focal Celestee Picture
Focal Clear Mg Picture
TypeOver-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
WirelessNo
TransducerDynamic
Noise CancellingNo
MicNo
TypeOver-ear
EnclosureOpen-Back
WirelessNo
TransducerDynamic
Noise CancellingNo
MicNo

Our Verdict

Focal Celestee

Focal Clear Mg

The Focal Clear Mg are open-back headphones, while the Focal Celestee have a closed-back design. The Clear Mg can reproduce bass more accurately, and their passive soundstage is more spacious, open, and large, which can help immerse you in your audio. However, the Celestee are better at isolating noise around you and leak less audio.

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Variants

  • Celestee (Navy)
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Main Differences for
Neutral Sound

Threshold 

0.10

Neutral Sound 

7.4
8.0

Passive Soundstage 
 

4.4
7.5

Bass Accuracy 
 

7.7
8.5

Frequency Response Consistency 
 

6.2
8.4

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Focal Celestee Design Picture 2
Focal Clear Mg Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Open-Back

Wireless  

No
No

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

8.0
8.0

Comfort Picture  

Focal Celestee Comfort Picture
Focal Clear Mg Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.95 lbs
1 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1 lbs
1 lbs
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Controls 
 

0.0
0.0

Controls Picture  

Focal Celestee Controls Picture
Focal Clear Mg Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

No Controls
No Controls

Ease Of Use  

No Controls
No Controls

Feedback  

No Controls
No Controls

Call/Music Control  

No
No

Volume Control  

No
No

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
No

Talk-Through 
 

No
No

Additional Controls  

No
No

Breathability 
 

6.0
6.7

Breathability After Picture  

Focal Celestee Breathability After Picture
Focal Clear Mg Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

7.1 °C
5.1 °C
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Portability 
 

5.1
5.2

Portability Picture  

Focal Celestee Portability Picture
Focal Clear Mg Portability Picture

L  

7.8" (19.8 cm)
7.5" (19.1 cm)

W  

8.5" (21.6 cm)
8.5" (21.6 cm)

H  

4.1" (10.5 cm)
4.1" (10.4 cm)

Volume  

273.78 in³ (4,486.50 cm³)
261.40 in³ (4,283.56 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

8.0
8.0

Case Picture  

Focal Celestee Case Picture
Focal Clear Mg Case Picture

Type  

Hard case
Hard case

L  

9.3" (23.7 cm)
9.0" (22.9 cm)

W  

9.8" (24.9 cm)
9.8" (24.9 cm)

H  

4.7" (11.9 cm)
4.7" (11.9 cm)

Volume  

428.04 in³ (7,014.30 cm³)
415.90 in³ (6,815.35 cm³)
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Build Quality 
 

9.0
9.0

Build Quality Picture  

Focal Celestee Build Quality Picture
Focal Clear Mg Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

6.0
6.0

Stability Picture  

Focal Celestee Stability Picture
Focal Clear Mg Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Focal Celestee Angled Picture
Focal Clear Mg Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Focal Celestee Side Picture
Focal Clear Mg Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Focal Celestee Front Picture
Focal Clear Mg Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Focal Celestee Rear Picture
Focal Clear Mg Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Focal Celestee Top Picture
Focal Clear Mg Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Focal Celestee In The Box Picture
Focal Clear Mg In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

-3.01 dB
-1.79 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-2.4 dB
-3.41 dB
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

6.2
8.4

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.87 dB
0.31 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

7.7
8.5

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.86 dB
2.03 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

77.72 Hz
35.64 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

-5.32 dB
-3.52 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

-2.16 dB
-0.52 dB

High-Bass 
 

-0.51 dB
1.91 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

9.2
9.1

Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.06 dB
1.19 dB

Low-Mid 
 

0.57 dB
0.8 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

0.45 dB
0.29 dB

High-Mid 
 

1.09 dB
1.44 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

6.5
5.9

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

5.15 dB
5.9 dB

Low-Treble 
 

-3.25 dB
-3.05 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

-2.66 dB
-4.53 dB

High-Treble 
 

-6.97 dB
-7.75 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.5
7.3

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.49 dB
1.57 dB

Dips 
 

1.59 dB
1.79 dB
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Imaging 
 

8.0
8.4

Group Delay  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.39
0.09

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

10.68
11.22

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.95
0.49

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.92
1.99
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Passive Soundstage 
 

4.4
7.5

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

3.82 dB
3.35 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

2.34 dB
3.03 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

3.62 dB
9.2 dB

Openness 
 

4.8
9.5

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

4.5
8.5
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Focal Celestee Virtual Soundstage
Focal Clear Mg Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App
No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.8
7.7

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.325
0.331

WHD @ 100 
 

0.117
0.111
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

No Firmware
No Firmware

Power 
 

Passive
Passive

Connection 
 

Wired
Wired

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz
PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ
No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC
No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

No Microphone
No Microphone
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Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

5.1
1.2

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-13.81 dB
-2.55 dB

Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Bass 
 

-0.1 dB
-0.15 dB

Mid 
 

-14.45 dB
2.03 dB

Treble 
 

-28.32 dB
-9.11 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.1
1.8

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

44.4 dB
62.83 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
No

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
No

Mic  

No
No

Recording Quality 
 

0.0
0.0

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

N/A
N/A

LFE 
 

N/A
N/A

FR Std. Dev. 
 

N/A
N/A

HFE 
 

N/A
N/A

Weighted THD 
 

N/A
N/A

Gain 
 

N/A
N/A

Noise Handling 
 

0.0
0.0

SpNR  

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SpNR 
 

N/A
N/A

Noise Gate 
 

No
No

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

N/A
N/A

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

N/A
N/A

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

N/A
N/A
Active Features

Battery 
 

0.0
0.0

Battery Type 
 

No Battery
No Battery

Continuous Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Additional Charges 
 

N/A
N/A

Total Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Charge Time 
 

N/A
N/A

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
No

Audio While Charging 
 

No
No

Passive Playback 
 

Passive Headphone
Passive Headphone

Charging Port  

None
None

App Support 
 

0.0
0.0

App Picture  

Focal Celestee App Picture
Focal Clear Mg App Picture

App Name  

No App
No App

iOS  

No
No

Android  

No
No

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

No
No

Equalizer 
 

No
No

ANC Control 
 

No
No

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
No

Surround Support 
 

No
No
Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

0.0
0.0

Bluetooth Version 
 

No Bluetooth
No Bluetooth

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Android Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Wired 
 

9.5
9.5

Cable Picture  

Focal Celestee Cable Picture
Focal Clear Mg Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable  

Yes
Yes

Length  

3.90 ft (1.19 m)
4.00 ft (1.22 m)

Connection 
 

1/8" TRS
1/8" TRS

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

0 ms
0 ms
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PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

Wired USB 
 

No
No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No
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PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No
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Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio Only
Audio Only

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No
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Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

No
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
No Base/Dock

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