“An Elegantly Crafted Headphone with Exceptional Sound Quality: Focal Lensys Professional Review”]

When recommending headphones we tend to advise using open-back designs for critical listening and closed-back designs for recording. This is solid advice as the former tend to be lighter and more comfortable to wear, delivering better overall sonics. Meanwhile the latter offer better passive attenuation and prevent bleed, so you can turn them up nice and loud when recording. That said, well-designed closed-back headphones can potentially be used for all tasks. Lensys Professional from Focal is a headphone that aims to do just this.

Focal is well established in the headphone and audiophile space, producing both wired and wireless designs in both open-back and closed-back formats. Focal’s professional range currently includes the open-back Clear MG model and also the more affordable closed-back Listen model. In terms of price, the new Lensys Professional sits between the two. However, the Lensys Professional looks much closer to the Clear MG in terms of physical design and component choice.