Master & Dynamic MW60 vs Focal Elear

The Master & Dynamic MW60 makes for a mediocre Over-Ear Headphone and should be avoided by the majority of people.

In the case of the Focal Elear, however, we were unable to find enough data to come to any meaningful conclusions.

There are considerably better alternatives that can be found for around $320 and $1,500 available on the market.

If you're still interested in reading more about the Master & Dynamic MW60, however, here's a quick summary of what we know about it:

While the Master & Dynamic MW60 wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. SoundGuys, Head-fi, Headphone Review, CNET, PCmag, and Audioholics have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Moving on to the Focal Elear: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Headphone Review, The Verge, Head-fi, Headfonics, iMore, Rtings, and Audioholics, enough for them to include them on those lists.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Over-Ear Headphones on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Over-Ear Headphones being 7.5 out of 10, whereas the Master & Dynamic MW60 and Focal Elear managed averages of 8.1 and 7.8 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Master & Dynamic MW60 vs. Focal Elear comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.