Focal Listen Pro & Motu M4

The Focal Listen Professional are closed-back, circum-aural monitoring headphones designed as an everyday tool for production, recording and mixing. The closed design provides very good isolation from outside noise, making them ideal for tracking with an open microphone and for quiet work environments, while their balanced tonality makes it easier to balance instruments and frequencies.

At their heart is a 40 mm driver with a Mylar/Titanium alloy membrane, made in France, delivering lively, dynamic sound with clean, well-controlled low frequencies. With 32 ohm impedance they are easily driven by audio interfaces, consoles and portable devices. They come with a hard carrying case, a 5 m coiled cable, a 1.4 m straight cable and a 6.35 mm adaptor.

Isolation and comfort

The closed design and engineered ear cushions provide very good isolation from outside noise. Sound does not leak out, so the Listen Professional are well suited to recording vocals or instruments next to an open microphone.

Built for long sessions

The headband combines comfort, strength and torsion-resistant articulation. Its constant profile, whatever the size of the head, spreads the 280 g weight evenly with no pronounced pressure points. Heat-sensitive memory foam cushions, 22 mm thick, adapt to every face shape.

Durable construction

The structured black coating of the earcups resists shocks and scratches, and the headphones fold for easy storage and transport.

Studio-grade sound in a compact interface

The Motu M4 is a 4-in / 4-out USB-C audio interface equipped with the same ESS Sabre32 Ultra DAC technology found in interfaces costing far more: 120 dB dynamic range on the main outputs and an ESS-driven headphone output. It offers two XLR/TRS combo inputs for mic, line or guitar, each with its own gain and 48 V phantom power and preamps measuring −129 dBu EIN, plus two line inputs for synths, drum machines or external preamps. MOTU drivers deliver round-trip latency of just 2.5 ms (96 kHz, 32-sample buffer).

Colour LCD metering, loopback and MIDI

The M4 is one of the few interfaces in its class with a full-colour LCD that clearly shows levels for all inputs and outputs. One-touch hardware monitoring and a monitor mix knob let you track with zero latency, while loopback blends computer audio with your mics for livestreaming and podcasting. Four TRS outputs (mirrored on RCA), MIDI in/out, USB bus power, a metal chassis and MOTU Performer Lite and Ableton Live Lite software complete the package.